Call for Manuscripts for the 1999 Focus Issue: Data and Chance in the Middle School Curriculum

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle School Curriculum

The march 1999 issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) will focus on the theme “Data and Chance in the Middle School Curriculum.” The Editorial Panel would like to feature exemplary lessons related to these topics, examine how these topics might be explored by middle school students, and highlight ways that data and chance can be connected to other areas of study.

Call for Manuscripts for the 1999 Focus Issue: Data and Chance in the Middle School Curriculum

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 397
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle School Curriculum

The march-april 1999 issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) will focus on the theme “Data and Chance in the Middle School Curriculum.” The Editorial Panel would like to feature exemplary lessons related to these topics, examine how these topics might be explored by middle school students, and highlight ways that data and chance can be connected to other areas of study.

Call for Manuscripts for the 1999 Focus Issue: Data and Chance in the Middle School Curriculum

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 249
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle School Curriculum

The march 1999 issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) will focus on the theme “Data and Chance in the Middle School Curriculum.” The Editorial Panel would like to feature exemplary lessons related to these topics. examine how these topics might be explored by middle school students, and highlight ways that data and chance can be connected to other areas of study.

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.

Using Literature to Engage Students in Proportional Reasoning

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-148
Author(s):  
Sherri L. Martinie ◽  
Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle School Curriculum ◽  
Percent Increase

Proportional thinking appears in the middle school curriculum in many topics, including percent increase, functions, similarity, and scaling. Being able to reason proportionally enables students to make sense of these topics. Proportional reasoning is quite difficult for many middle school students, so it is imperative to find meaningful contexts that enable students to explore proportionality as it appears across mathematics strands.

Three's the Charm

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Mari Muri ◽  
Judi Zawojewski
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Science Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Assessment ◽  
The Third ◽  
School Classroom ◽  
Mathematics And Science

The editorial panel is pleased to (welcome readers to volume 3 of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. Good things come in threes, and the journal is no exception. Three noteworthy events will characterize volume 3. The first is a special March-April 1998 issue with a focus on geometry. We chose this topic because it has traditionally been an area of poor performance by middle school students, as indicated by the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Yet geometry has the potential for creating exciting opportunities for “doing” mathematics in the middle school classroom. Further, with the increased availability of technology-based geometry tools, students' experiences with the topic can be enhanced through dynamic aud sophisticated investigations.

Implementing the “Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics”: Teaching Middle School Students with Diverse Cultural Backgrounds

1994 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-126
Author(s):  
Walter Callahan ◽  
Margaret A. Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
School Students ◽  
Haitian Students

In this second article of the 1993-94 series, a middle school teacher reflects on his work with Hispanic and Haitian students. He used what he has learned to recommend ways to help preservice teachers learn about students of other cultures.– Ed.

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.

Open Data in Australian Schools

2017 ◽  
pp. 29-54
Author(s):  
Jane Watson
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Open Data ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Australian School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
Analyse Data

This chapter focuses on statistical literacy and the practice of statistics from the perspective of middle school students and how their experiences can be enhanced by the availability of open data. The open data sets selected illustrate the types of contexts that are available and their connections to the Australian school curriculum. The importance of visualisation is stressed and the software TinkerPlots is the tool used for students to create representations and develop the understanding necessary to analyse data and draw conclusions. Building appreciation of the practice of statistics in this way further assists students to become critical thinkers in judging the claims of others later as statistically literate adults.

NCTM Launches First Issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School April 1994

1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Grades ◽  
Mathematical Abstraction ◽  
Mathematics Educators ◽  
And Mathematics

NCTM is proud to announce a new resource for students, teachers, and mathematics educators. This journal wlll address the learning needs of all middle school students, the demands these needs place on their teachers, and issues that capture the Vitality of mathematics and the characteristics of the middle-grades student. The new journal will focus on intuitive. exploratory investigations that help students develop a strong, conceptual mathematical base. Such a foundation leads to greater mathematical abstraction, as appropriate for middle school grades.

Using Attribute Blocks to Develop a Conceptual Understanding of Probability

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 290-294
Author(s):  
Robert J. Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Seventh Graders ◽  
Time Block ◽  
School Students ◽  
Formal Curriculum ◽  
Ability Levels

Middle school students continue to rely on concrete experiences to construct knowledge but are starting to develop the ability to think abstractly (NCTM 1989, p. 68). Thus, the middle school curriculum should provide a “bridge between the concrete elementary school curriculum and the more formal curriculum of the high school” (NCTM 1989, p. 102). This article describes a series of activities using attribute blocks designed to help middle school students construct knowledge about, and develop conceptual understanding of, probability. Depending on the ability levels of the students, these activities can be completed in a single twohour time block or can be spread over three or four sessions of about one hour each. These introductory probability explorations are appropriate for seventh graders but can be adapted for students at other levels. Attribute blocks are frequently used in the primary grades, but this article shows that they can be quite useful in the middle grades, as well.

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