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A New Recipe: No More Cookbook Lessons
Suzanne R. Harper; Michael Todd Edwards
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 105, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 180–188
Mathematics educators frequently extol the virtues of inquiry-based instruction to classroom teachers. Although research suggests that inquiry benefits learners by allowing them to make sense of the mathematics they encounter, particularly through...
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Paint Bucket Polygons
Michael Todd Edwards; Suzanne R. Harper
Teaching Children Mathematics Vol. 16, No. 7 (March 2010) pp. 420–428
During a two-week summer professional development workshop, teams of intermediate-level school teachers and college methods instructors crafted mathematics learning modules--activities, lesson plans, work sheets, and technology-oriented tasks--with...
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Teachers' Use of Transnumeration in Solving Statistical Tasks with Dynamic Statistical Software
Hollylynne S. Lee; Gladis Kersaint; Suzanne R. Harper; Shannon O. Driskell; Dusty L. Jones; Keith R. Leatham; Robin L. Angotti; Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi
Statistics Education Research Journal Vol. 13, No. 1 (May 2014) pp. 25–52
This study examined a random stratified sample (n = 62) of teachers' work across eight institutions on three tasks that utilized dynamic statistical software. We considered how teachers may utilize and develop their statistical knowledge and...
Topics: Software
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Curve Fit Challenge
Suzanne R. Harper; Shannon Driskell
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 99, No. 4 (November 2005) pp. 288–291
Graphic tips for using the Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) are described. The methods to import an image into GSP, define a coordinate system, plot points and curve fit the function using a graphical calculator are demonstrated where the graphic features ...
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Technology Tips
Hollylynne Stohl; Suzanne R. Harper
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 98, No. 1 (Aug 01, 2004) pp. 56–59
Two technology guidelines are contributed by Robin Rider of East Carolina University based on the TI-Interactive software she had introduced. The two guidelines to use for this software consist firstly of data gathering with a Calculator-Based...
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Technology Tips
Hollylynne Stohl; Suzanne R. Harper
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 98, No. 2 (Sep 01, 2004) pp. 136–140
Some of the graphing capabilities of The Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) in the "Technology Tips" are introduced. The new graphing features of GSP allow teachers to implement the software not only in geometry classrooms but also into their algebra,...
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Authentic Tasks in a Standards-Based World
Michael Todd Edwards; Suzanne R. Harper; Dana C. Cox
Mathematics Teacher Vol. 106, No. 5 (December 2012) pp. 346–353
Curriculum standards provide classroom teachers with frameworks to guide instruction during the academic year and throughout a student's schooling. Unfortunately, standards are misconstrued as all-encompassing--as a compendium of all mathematics...
Topics: Standards