Historical Research: How to Fit Minority and Women's Studies into Mathematics Class

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-76
Author(s):  
Margaret Sáraco
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Hair Color ◽  
School Students ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Mathematics Class

Ask middle school students to name their favorite musicians, athletes, or actors, and they will tell you everything about them: statistics, hair color, who they are married to, where they live, their accomplishments, and more. Students are exposed to celebrities every day through television, movies, radio, and the Internet. Isn't it time we expose our students to some mathematical heroes?

The Case of Video Viewing, Reading, and Writing in Mathematics Class: Solving the Mystery

1993 ◽  
Vol 86 (8) ◽  
pp. 682-685
Author(s):  
Frances R. Curcio ◽  
J. Lewis McNeece
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Problem Solver ◽  
Mathematics Lesson ◽  
School Students ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Video Viewing ◽  
Mathematics Class ◽  
Mathematics Problem

The element of mystery can be a naturally intriguing component of a mathematics lesson for middle school students. Mystery stories capture students“ interest and attention and contribute to developing critical-reading skills (Crouse and Bassett 1975; Curcio 1982; Scalzitti 1982). When presenting mystery stories within the context of a mathematics lesson, students often ask, “What does this have to do with mathematics?” Significant connections can be made between solving a mystery and solving a mathematics problem that supply a rationale for incorporating mystery stories in the mathematics class. In particular, similarities in the questions a problem solver asks when confronting a problem (Polya 1973) and the questions a detective asks in solving a mystery can be found in figure 1. After solving short mystery stories, students will see the connection between solving a mystery and solving a mathematics problem.

Measuring Tremendous Trees: Discovery in Action

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Sheryl A. Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics Class

Twenty-four middle school students gathered around their teacher, curiously anticipating the upcoming activity. They were enjoying the weather and being outside—a different place to hold their mathematics class. The day before, they experienced a minidiscovery lesson about isosceles right triangles. Today, they were to link this concept to a tree-measuring activity that was designed by a teacher educator at a nearby university.

Teacher to Teacher: Truss(t)ing Triangles

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 394-396
Author(s):  
Bobbye Hoffman Bartels
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics Class ◽  
Traditional Mathematics ◽  
Saturday Academy ◽  
School Schedule ◽  
Rigidity Characteristic

Often middle school students see no connection between geometry and real life. The following activity was designed to help make this connection for seventh-grade students participating in a Saturday academy. The activity centers on an elementary investigation of the rigidity characteristic of triangles, a concept seldom mentioned in K-8 mathematic textbooks but essential to the construction of structures that have to absorb tremendous forces and not collapse. Although this activity was completed outside the traditional mathematics class, it can be adapted to a school schedule and completed over two or more class periods.

scholarly journals Middle School Students Want More Than Games for Health Education on the Internet

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 393-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henna Muzaffar ◽  
Darla M. Castelli ◽  
David Goss ◽  
Jane A. Scherer ◽  
Karen Chapman-Novakofski
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
The Internet ◽  
School Students ◽  
Games For Health
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