Embedding Algebraic Thinking throughout the Mathematics Curriculum

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
G. Patrick Vennebush ◽  
Elizabeth Marquez ◽  
Joseph Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Algebraic Thinking ◽  
Middle School Curriculum ◽  
Geometry Problem

Like love, algebra is where you find it. You can locate it almost anywhere in the middle school curriculum if you know where to look and what to look for. But with so many demands on our time, we often forget to look. We take problems at face value, and we assume that a geometry problem is just a geometry problem or that a data analysis activity is only about data analysis. If we scratch below the surface, however, we can find rich opportunities for algebraic thinking lurking in number explorations, measurement tasks, and geometry investigations.

On My Mind: New Tricks for Old Dogs

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Margaret Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Middle School Curriculum ◽  
National Science ◽  
Mathematics In Context ◽  
The Way

One of my favorite far side cartoons features Rex the Wonder Dog. Rex is shown balancing an elaborate array of objects while traversing a tightrope on a unicycle. The caption reads, “High above the hushed crowd, Rex tried to remain focused. Still, he couldn't shake one nagging thought: He was an old dog and this was a new trick.” Maybe that cartoon speaks to you the way it does to me. As one of the developers of the middle-grades curriculum Mathematics in Context (MiC), one of the Standardsbased middle school curriculum projects funded by the National Science Foundation, I have used that cartoon many times to describe to teachers, young and old, how it might feel to be a teacher who is about to implement a mathematics curriculum such as MiC. I can usually tell from the nervous laughter that although they might not be old, they recognize that the new Standards-based curricula will require them as teachers to learn “new tricks.”

Socrates and the Three Little Pigs: Connecting Patterns, Counting Trees, and Probability

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-161
Author(s):  
Denisse R. Thompson ◽  
Richard A. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle School Curriculum ◽  
Curriculum Frameworks ◽  
Counting Trees

Explorations of concepts of chance should be a part of the middle school curriculum, as indicated in the mathematics curriculum frameworks developed by several states (Florida 1996; South Carolina 1993; New Jersey 1996). The challenge for teachers is to find contexts that interest middle school students and motivate them to explore these ideas.

Call for Manuscripts for the 1998 Focus Issue

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 801
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Middle School Curriculum

The march-april 1998. issue of mathematics Teaching in the Middle School will focus on the theme “Geometry across the Middle School Curriculum.” The Editorial Panel is planning this issue to highlight and celebrate the extent to which geometric ideas permeate the mathematics curriculum of the middle school. Additionally, we wish to highlight the multitude of applications of geometry to other areas of study in the middle grades.

Call for Manuscripts For the 1998 Focus Issue: Geometry across the Middle School Curriculum

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Middle School Curriculum

The march-april 1998 issue of mathematics Teaching in the Middle School will focus on the theme “Geometry across the Middle School Curriculum.” The Editorial Panel is planning this issue to highlight and celebrate the extent to which geometric ideas permeate the mathematics curriculum of the middle school. Additionally, we wish to highlight the multitude of applications of geometry to other areas of study in the middle grades.

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