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Hallman-Thrasher, Allyson; Koestler, Courtney; Dani, Danielle; Kolbe, Amanda; Lyday, Katie – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2018
As a group of middle school mathematics teachers and teacher educators, the authors have focused their attention on using innovative practices coupled with high cognitive demand tasks to engage students, pique their interest in mathematics, and promote conceptual understanding. This article explores their three-act task design. In act 1, students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Kapici, Hasan Özgür; Savasci-Açikalin, Funda – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
Textbooks are one of the primary teaching tools frequently used in schools and most teachers use them in their classrooms (Sanchez and Valcarcel, 1999). Since there are a lot of abstract concepts in science education, images in science textbooks play a vital role in the learning process (Kenan et al., 2011). Concretization of abstract concepts may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Middle Schools, Secondary School Science