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Direct linkFry, Kym; English, Lyn D. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2023
How might fourth graders address the problem of measuring the size of a leaf? And why might their classroom teachers choose such a shape to measure? One group of fourth-grade students in an urban Australian school were interested in knowing the sizes of leaves on a passionfruit vine growing at their school. The children were excited after a visit…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Urban Schools, Elementary School Students, Measurement
