Lesson Study on the Farm

Autor/inn/en	Klein, Robert M.; Hendrickson, Katie A.
Titel	Lesson Study on the Farm
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 16 (2011) 9, S.536-543 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0839
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Mathematics Achievement; Public Schools; Low Achievement; Mathematics Skills; Student Needs; Teaching Methods; Problem Solving; Relevance (Education); Geometric Concepts; Middle Schools; Secondary School Mathematics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Mathematics ability; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Problemlösen; Relevance; Relevanz; Elementare Geometrie; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	Roughly one-fifth of America's public school students attend rural schools. Low mathematics achievement scores in these communities suggest that math instruction needs to focus on the skills and content necessary for twenty-first-century jobs in contexts that are meaningful to these populations. This article describes how one rural school worked to better address the learning needs of its students by developing, revising, and implementing a series of problem-based activities in a context that connected to the students' community. The lessons involved storing and selling hay. A team of mathematics educators--classroom teachers, a vice principal, a curriculum specialist, and two university professors--produced this series, known collectively as Farmer Dan's Barn Project. (Contains 4 figures and 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10