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Creative ways for students to communicate and demonstrate their learning in a
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The definition for division by zero
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Teaching factoring trinomials using the TIC-TAC-TOE method.
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Teaching algebraic thinking in grade 5.
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Using mathematics themes to decorate a classroom
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How to model addition and subtraction of integers with manipulatives.
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Helping students to develop the concept of negative numbers. You CAN subtract
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Battleship as an activity for coordinate graphing
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Statistics project ideas for middle school students
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Looking for real-life geometrical shapes and/or activities for 6-8 graders.
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Math programs that use a mastery learning approach
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Ways of explaining construction of an angle to fifth or sixth graders.
- Date of thread's last activity: 22 December 2008
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Using rich problems and technology to help middle school algebra students
bridge from the concrete to the abstract.
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How do you know when to "connect the dots" on a graph and when not to?
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