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ERIC Number: EJ1259411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2652-0176
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How Much Sugar?
Marshman, Margaret; Spink, Emily; Dunn, Peter K.; Woolcott, Geoff
Australian Mathematics Education Journal, v2 n1 p28-29 2020
In this article, the authors present an inquiry activity presented to Year 7 students in a mathematics excellence class at a P-12 school in regional Queensland. Different students solved the activity (comparing the sugar content of fruit) using decimals, percentages, ratio and rates. By asking the students to solve a problem they were much more engaged with their learning than they would have been if they had been given a table from the textbook and asked to complete the conversions. Some questions to support the inquiry are included.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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