Math Arguments
Problems, Questions, and Puzzles to spark discussion and argument in the maths classroom.
Flower Petals
What fraction of this is yellow?
What other mathematical aspects of this caught your attention? What do you wonder about the situation?
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internet
What fraction is yellow? How did you see it? pic.twitter.com/Y7OYAnkIgb
— Learning Maths (@LearningMaths) April 13, 2014
More Information:
Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
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Noticing and wondering is a tool to help students:
- Understand the story, the quantities, and the relationships in the problem.
- Understand what the problem is asking and what the answer will look like. Have some ideas to begin to solve the problem.
More Here at NCTM
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