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Using a Journal Article as a Professional Development Experience Rationale for Use This article provides mathematics teachers an opportunity to reflect on practice by exploring: How multiple representations can be used to enhance student learning and understanding of student learning How physical, tabular, graphical, verbal, and symbolic representations can be connected in a lesson Connections across the different strands of the curriculum—algebra, geometry, and trigonometry Connections among different subject areas—mathematics, astronomy, and science Use of spreadsheets/technology to analyze data Appropriate use of concrete models to explore mathematical ideas How instruction can incorporate student interactions and feedback
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Interactive Math Notebooks
Comic Strip Math
“And I’m calling on our nation’s governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don’t simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st Century skills like problem solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity.” President Obama, 1 March 2009. New for 2013: Ten new 'Classroom Challenge' formative assessment lessons for Middle School are now available, including the first five lessons for Grade 6 . Project goals
Welcome to the Mathematics Assessment Project
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