Trying Three-Act Tasks with Primary Students

Autor/inn/en	Lomax, Kendra; Alfonzo, Kristin; Dietz, Sarah; Kleyman, Ellen; Kazemi, Elham
Titel	Trying Three-Act Tasks with Primary Students
Quelle	In: Teaching Children Mathematics, 24 (2017) 2, S.112-119 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-5836
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Students; Primary Education; Problem Solving; Word Problems (Mathematics); Mathematical Models; Common Core State Standards; Visual Aids; Equations (Mathematics); Mathematics Activities; Mathematics Instruction; Teacher Role; Task Analysis; Washington (Seattle) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Primarbereich; Problemlösen; Textaufgabe; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Common core curriculum; Curriculum; Kerncurriculum; Anschauungsmaterial; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Lehrerrolle; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The goals of problem-solving activities in the elementary grades often include making sense of story problems, developing a range of strategies, and reaching accurate solutions. These are important mathematical aims, but they do not fully address the demands of modeling with mathematics as described in the fourth of the Common Core's eight Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP 4) (CCSSI 2010, pp. 6-8). Modeling with mathematics also involves identifying mathematical problems in the world, gathering information and determining which details will help solve a problem, and developing and revising mathematical models of situations. For young children, such models might include diagrams, equations, and using manipulatives to represent the quantities and mathematical relationships in a given situation. After investigating various approaches and activities, this group of teachers, coaches, and teacher educators from various school settings in the Seattle area discovered an exciting problem solving activity structure specifically designed to engage students in mathematical modeling: Three-Act Tasks (Meyer 2011) designed by Dan Meyer for use in secondary classrooms and adapted by Graham Fletcher and other educators for elementary school classrooms (Fletcher 2016). The activity structure comprises three parts or "acts." This article provides a summary of a three-act lesson. Originally designed for secondary mathematics students, this group of educators found the three act approach to be productive for even the youngest learners and invites readers to tap into elementary students' intuitive ability to make sense of problems in a new way that presents entry points for all learners. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-9840; Fax: 703-476-2570; e-mail: NCTM@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/teaching-children-mathematics/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01