High School Resources

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A Mathematics Greenhouse

February 2016

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

Circumventing High School Rules that Expire

October 2017

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

 

Using Covariation Reasoning to Support Mathematical Modeling

March 2014

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

Quadrilaterals: Diagonals and Area

March 2017

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

 

Reconciling Representations: One student’s unexpected solution led us to make sense of the problem about random triangles and persevere to a solution.

December 2014

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

 

Engaging with Constructive and Nonconstructive Proof

February 2015

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

Smarter Cookies: An inquiry-based project to examine statistical claims encourages students to become more savvy media consumers.

April 2015

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

Technology-Based Geometry Activities for Teaching Vector Operations

March 2016

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

 

Staircases, Towers, and Castles: Geometric patterns are generalized recursively and explicitly to relate multiple representations modeled by quadratic expressions.

May 2015

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

Mediants Make (Number) Sense of Fraction Foibles: Enhance students’ number sense and illustrate some surprising properties of this alternative operation.

August 2016

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher

Investigating Functions with a Ferris Wheel: A computer activity helps students make sense of relationships between quantities.

December 2016

NCTM Journal – Mathematics Teacher