Mathematical Explorations: Batty Functions: Exploring Quadratic Functions through Children's Literature

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Roy ◽  
Charlene E. Beckmann
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Quadratic Functions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Mathematical Relations

Many middle school students do not realize that functions and mathematical relations are present in their everyday lives. For example, the number of calories a student burns is a function of how long the student runs; the amount of pizza available to be eaten is a function of the diameter of the pizza. These examples of functions found in our daily lives can be described in a variety of ways, including with tables, graphs, and possibly symbolic generalizations. Many students do not realize that functions and relations exist outside of the mathematics classroom and that they can be represented in numerous ways (Billings and Lakatos 2003).

You Read Me a Story, I Will Read You a Pattern

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 424-429
Author(s):  
Charyl L. Pace
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Middle School Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Mathematics Standards

Have You Ever Wondered how to use children's literature in a middle school mathematics classroom? In today's standards-driven environment, aligning activities to various standards is important. Children's books can be the perfect introduction to a unit or lesson. Paying careful attention to the elements in the story and using a little imagination, creativity, and a working knowledge of the mathematics Standards are all the items needed to begin.

Teacher to Teacher: Literature in the Mathematics Classroom: Introducing The Inch Boy to Middle School Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 538-542
Author(s):  
Susan M. Foss
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
School Students ◽  
Know How ◽  
Faculty Meeting ◽  
As If ◽  
Math Teacher

I was sitting in a faculty meeting when my principal suggested that teachers of all disciplines should read to their students. I remember thinking to myself, These are middle school students. They should know how to read already. My principal continued by explaining that reading aloud to a class is an excellent and effective way to in-still the love of literature in students. I was doubtful, and thought, I'm a math teacher. We don't have time to read books in math. As if he were reading my mind, the principal gave examples of how teachers of all disciplines, including mathematics, could incorporate literature into their lessons. I was skeptical but decided to give it a try.

Mobile Phone Use by Middle School Students

2015 ◽  
pp. 528-540
Author(s):  
Kathleen Guinee ◽  
Gregory Mertz
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
School Students ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Mobile Phone Use

Mobile phones are prevalent in the daily lives of middle school students. They are useful for academic and informal learning, but may also facilitate cheating. Mobile phones can help foster student-centered learning and promote positive emotions and student motivation. Middle school students text and make calls using mobile phones to maintain friendships and make plans, as well as explore romantic relationships. Two social problems that can emerge with mobile phone use are cyberbullying and sexting. Mobile phones make middle school students feel safe, but can also put them in physical danger and facilitate risky behaviors. Using a mobile phone, particularly after bedtime, is associated with poor sleep and mental health.

Discovering Euler Circuits and Paths through a Culturally Relevant Lesson

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 310-317
Author(s):  
Rebecca R. Robichaux ◽  
Paulette R. Rodrigue
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cajun Music

Deep in the heart of southern Louisiana's Cajun country, middle school students enter a mathematics classroom. They hear Cajun music playing in the background and observe cattails and cypress knees “growing” along the bottom of the classroom walls. Foam crawfish lie on plastic bayous on the tables around the room. The room is filled with excitement for what is about to occur. These students begin to question each other, and ask: “Is this math?” “Perhaps we're going to skip math and do social studies?” “Maybe we are going to learn how to do a Cajun line dance?”

Mathematical Connections from Biology: Killer Bees Come to Life in the Classroom

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 350-356
Author(s):  
William L. Rubink ◽  
Sylvia R. Taube
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Integrated Curriculum ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Hands On

The middle school mathematics curriculum emphasizes integrated curriculum projects in response to the need to give students opportunities to explore and broaden areas of investigations. These interdisciplinary experiences help students understand the challenges faced by professionals. Although many educators concur that data analysis and statistics taught in the mathematics classroom should use data from real-world situations (NCTM 1989), mathematics teachers often need additional resources, both human and material, and must search beyond their textbooks for exciting activities. One way to breathe more life into mathematics teaching is to bring in ideas from other fields of study, particularly career opportunities that involve collecting and analyzing data. We describe a field-tested interdisciplinary-unit activity that involves collecting data about honeybees. In this activity, middle school students gain hands-on experiences with collecting, transforming, and analyzing data by using actual techniques employed by entomologists, the scientists who study insects. Ultimately, students acquire a sense of the methodology that scientists use to obtain a quantitative “view” of the world, one in which they conceptualize objects as things that can be measured (Thompson 1995).

Cell Phone Coverage Area: Helping Students Achieve in Mathematics

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 300-307
Author(s):  
Rose Mary Zbiek ◽  
Shari Ann Reed ◽  
Tracy Boone
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematical Idea ◽  
State Assessments ◽  
School Students ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
The World ◽  
Principles And Standards

The joys of working with middle school students in a mathematics classroom may be tempered by the challenge of meeting external expectations. However, it is possible to carefully design and implement a lesson that both embodies the spirit of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 2000) and meets the needs set forth by our state assessments. Such a lesson can address a big mathematical idea through related activities that develop skills and concepts, involve reasoning and writing, and help students use mathematics in the world around them.

Traumatic experiences and associated symptomatology in Asian American middle school students.

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-223
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Davies-Mercier ◽  
Michelle W. Woodbridge ◽  
W. Carl Sumi ◽  
S. Patrick Thornton ◽  
Katrina D. Roundfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
School Students

Longitudinal Effects of School Climate on Middle School Students' Development

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Engelland ◽  
Renee M. Tobin ◽  
Adena B. Meyers ◽  
Brenda J. Huber ◽  
W. Joel Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Longitudinal Effects
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