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Publication Date: 2022-Feb
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The Importance of Play in Secondary Mathematics
Degner, Kate
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v115 n2 p131-138 Feb 2022
Using question 28 from the May Problems to Ponder in volume 114, the author and her seventh- and eighth-grade students launched into a discussion of creativity, linearity, piecewise, and recursive definitions of functions. This pattern to ponder provided rich mathematical opportunities for all students in her middle school classroom.
Descriptors: Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Play, Creativity, Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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