How Does Your Mathematical Garden Grow?

Autor/inn/en	Beck, Shari A.; Huse, Vanessa E.; Reed, Brenda R.
Titel	How Does Your Mathematical Garden Grow?
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 13 (2007) 2, S.68-76 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0839
Schlagwörter	Gardening; Mathematical Concepts; Middle School Students; Secondary School Mathematics; Geometric Concepts; Mathematics Instruction; Academic Standards; Measurement; Algebra; Computation; Problem Solving; Mathematical Logic; Validity; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gartenarbeit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Elementare Geometrie; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Messverfahren; Problemlösen; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Gültigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This article describes an activity that incorporates 9 of the 10 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards. Students explore a stacking garden containing multiple layers. The garden allows students to focus on finding the amount of border material needed and the amount of space available for planting. The problem balances the use of pattern blocks, technology, and middle school mathematical concepts. The study of number and operations, algebra, geometry, and measurement using a stacking garden problem allows students to explore measurement concepts and geometric relationships, calculate perimeters and areas, and discover numerous algebraic patterns that can be formulated into functions. This mathematical garden "grows" the processes of problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connections, and representation. (Contains 13 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10