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Playing Games To Build Understanding, Michele Carnahan, Bridgette Stevens
Playing Games To Build Understanding, Michele Carnahan, Bridgette Stevens
Faculty Publications
I am fortunate. I teach from Investigations in Number, Data, and Space [TERC] (1996), a standards-based elementary mathematics curriculum. My evolution from teaching in a traditional teacher-centered approach to one that supports a student-centered community of learners has been a slow and gradual process during the past six years of teaching. Fortunately, through experience, professional development, and graduate level courses, I have come to appreciate the conceptual understanding students acquire from learning mathematics via a student-centered approach and how playing games is an effective instructional strategy for learning mathematics. As intended by the authors of Investigations and envisioned by the …
No Child Left Behind Act : Implications And Strategies For Middle School Science Teaching, Kimberly A. Holmes
No Child Left Behind Act : Implications And Strategies For Middle School Science Teaching, Kimberly A. Holmes
Graduate Research Papers
The No Child Left Behind Act was enacted to ensure quality education for all students. Despite the constraints of the No Child Left Behind Act, the teacher has the responsibility to provide quality science education for the students. This paper will guide teachers in selecting instructional strategies that have been supported by research that closely meets the research-based standards provided by the No Child Left Behind Act.