Concepts to Mathematical Tools to References Elementary (P-W)

Perimeter/circumference -- geoboards, color tiles, tangrams, pattern blocks, fraction circles, rulers/straightedge/tape measures/meter sticks/trundle wheels/callipers, cubes/Unifix cubes, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, base-ten blocks, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, toothpicks/rods/sticks

Turning the Tables.
Mary Swarthout, Robert Mann, and Kim Hartweg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 42-43.
Grade: K-6

Using Representations to Explore Perimeter and Area.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 52-59.
Grade: Elementary

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Mathematics Instruction Developed from a Garden Theme.
Marta Civil and Leslie H. Khan.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 400-405.
Grade: Elementary

Representation: An Important Process for Teaching and Learning Mathematics.
Francis (Skip) Fennell and Tom Rowan.  
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 288-292.
Grade: Elementary

Celebrate Metric Day.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph A. Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 96-97.
Grade: Elementary

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

Tackling Tangrams.
Deanna Rigdon, Jolyn Raleigh, and Shari Goodman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 304-305.
Grade: Elementary

Interpreting the Standards: Translating Principles into Practice.
Deborah E. Schifter and Deborah Carey O-Brien.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1997, 4:4, 202-205.
Grade: 3

Exploring Area with Geoboards.
Patricia A. Trafton and Christina Hartman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 72-75.
Grade: 2

Breathe O2 into Your Mathematics Program -- Promote Openness and Ownership.
Gay S. Pitts.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1997, 3:9, 496-498.
Grade: Elementary

Perimeter Patterns.
Richard A. Austin and Patricia Biafore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 238-240.
Grade: 5-8

Using Technology to Enhance "My Travels with Gulliver."
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 188-191.
Grade: 6


Place value -- base-ten blocks, ten-frames, Cuisenaire rods, cubes/Unifix cubes, counters, money, abacus, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, color tiles, calculators, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, candy/food, geometric shapes, fabrics/beadwork, toothpicks/rods/sticks

Building and Using the Amazing Abacus.
Michael Naylor and Pamela Naylor.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 202-205.
Grade: Elementary

Alternative Algorithms: Increasing Options, Reducing Errors.
Tamela D. Randolph and Helene J. Sherman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 480-484.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Computational Fluency with Whole Numbers.
Susan Jo Russell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 154-158.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Numbers and Operations with Affordable Handheld Technology.
Denny St. John and Douglas A. Lapp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 162-164.
Grade: Elementary

Using Language and Visualization to Teach Place Value.
Joan A. Colter.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 108-114.
Grade: Elementary

Designing Questions to Encourage Children's Mathematical Thinking.
Jane F. Schielack, Dinah Chancellor, and Kimberly M. Childs.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 398-402.
Grade: 2-4

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

Student's Explanations of Place Value in Addition and Subtraction.
Nancy G. Nagel and Cynthia Carol Swingen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1998, 5:3, 164-170.
Grade: Elementary

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Assessment Through Incredible Equations.
Diana A. D'Aboy.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 76-80.
Grade: 1

Connecting Instructional Practice to Student Thinking.
Patricia F. Campbell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 106-110.
Grade: Elementary

NCTM's Standards in Japanese Elementary Schools.
Daiyo Sawada.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 20-23.
Grade: Elementary

Place Value as the Key to Teaching Decimal Operations.
Judith Sowder.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 448-453.
Grade: Elementary and Middle

Understanding Children's Reasoning.
George W. Bright.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1996, 3:1, 18-22.
Grade: 1

Connecting Decimals and Other Mathematical Content.
Charles S. Thompson and Vicki Walker.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 496-502.
Grade: Elementary -- Middle

Rethinking "Concrete" Manipulatives.
Douglas H. Clements and Sue McMillen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 270-279.
Grade: Elementary


Probability/chance -- spinners, dice/number cubes, fraction models/circles, color tiles, counters, money, cubes/Unifix cubes, games/puzzles/toys, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, marbles, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, capacity containers, fabrics/beadwork, geometric shapes

Mrs. Whatsit "Socks" It to Probability.
Virginia Usnick, Jane McCarthy, and Shirley Alexander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 246-249.
Grade: Elementary

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe…Building on Intuitive Notions of Chance.
Jeffrey A. Frykholm.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 112-118.
Grade: Elementary

Election Mathematics.
Joseph A. Porzio and Regina M. Mistretta.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 160-161.
Grade: Elementary

Oil and Water Don't Mix, but They Do Teach Fractions.
Cindy L. Anderson, Kevin M. Anderson, and Edward J. Wenzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 174-178.
Grade: Elementary

Basketball Math.
Deborah M. Walters.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 556-559.
Grade: 6

Notable Numbers.
Mary Lou Damjanovich and Jane S. Martain.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 504-505.
Grade: Elementary

Using Probability Experiments to Foster Discourse.
Thomas G. Edwards and Sarah M. Hensien.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 524-529.
Grade: 5

100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6

Marbles.
Judith Olson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 306-307.
Grade: K-6

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

The Function Box and Fourth Graders: Squares, Cubes, and Circles.
James S. Sulzer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 442-447.
Grade: K-8

Games We Play: Connecting Mathematics and Culture in the Classroom.
James Barta and Diane Schaelling.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1998, 4:7, 388-393.
Grade: 2-3

In the Comfort of Their Own Homes: Engaging Families in Mathematics.
Jean M. Ehnebuske.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 338-343.
Grade: K-3

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Young Students Investigate Number Cubes.
Alex Friedlander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 6-11.
Grade: 1-3

What I Learned From Teaching Second Grade.
Marilyn Burns.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1996, 3:3, 124-127.
Grade: 2

Hamster Math: Authentic Experiences in Data Collection.
Beth Jorgenson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 336-339.
Grade: Elementary

Pictures, Tables, Graphs, and Questions: Statistical Processes.
Andrew C. Isaacs and Catherine Randall Kelso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 340-345.
Grade: 2

Using Data to Make Decisions About Chance.
Graham R. Jones, Cynthia W. Langrall and Carol A. Thornton.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 346-350.
Grade: Elementary

A Common-Cents Approach to Fractions.
Judy Rocke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 234-236.
Grade: Middle (5-8)

Pause, Prompt, and Praise: Cross-Age Tutoring.
Janie E. Eggers.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 216-218.
Grade: 1-4

Geometry Game.
Enrique Ortiz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 231-233.
Grade: K-2

Using Technology to Enhance "My Travels with Gulliver."
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 188-191.
Grade: 6


Problem solving/thinking skills -- money, pattern blocks, tangrams, games/puzzles/toys, base-ten blocks, geometric solids, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, dice/number cubes, balance scale/weights/scales, miras/mirrors/reflective material, calculators, cubes/Unifix cubes, spinners, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, building blocks/Lego, geoboards, candy/food, Cuisenaire rods, fraction models/circles, abacus, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, cardboard/boxes, play centers, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, capacity containers, thermometers, color tiles, counters, ten-frames, rulers/tape measures/trundle wheels/callipers, balloons, fabrics/beadwork, maps, toothpicks/rods/sticks, soap, drinking straws

Culture in the Curriculum: Enriching Numeration and Number Operations.
Carla C. Moldavan.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 238-243.
Grade: 4

Geo-Dolls: Traveling in a Mathematical World.
Karen S. Karp and E. Todd Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 132-138.
Grade: Elementary

Multiplying Fractions.
Zhijun Wu.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 174-177.
Grade: Elementary

Connecting Mathematics Instruction with the Families of Young Children.
Diane W. Kyle, Ellen McIntyre, and Gayle H. Moore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 80-86.
Grade: Elementary

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe…Building on Intuitive Notions of Chance.
Jeffrey A. Frykholm.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 112-118.
Grade: Elementary

Learning with Games of Strategy from Mongolia.
Marcia Ascher.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 96-99.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Mathematical Thinking Using Codes and Ciphers.
Lisa J. Evered and Serigne Gningue.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 8-15.
Grade: Elementary

Bubble-Mania!
Laura J. Cline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 20-23, 25-26.
Grade: K-5

Teaching Addition and Subtraction Facts: A Chinese Perspective.
Wei Sun and Joanne Y. Shang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 28-31.
Grade: Elementary

Are Rules Interfering with Children's Mathematical Understanding?
Jean L. Behrend.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 36-40.
Grade: Elementary

Turning the Tables.
Mary Swarthout, Robert Mann, and Kim Hartweg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 42-43.
Grade: K-6

Using Representations to Explore Perimeter and Area.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 52-59.
Grade: Elementary

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Capturing Students' Interests: A Quest to Discover Mathematics Potential.
Gladis Kersaint and Michaele F. Chappell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 512-517.
Grade: Elementary

Learning through Problems: A Powerful Approach to Teaching Mathematics.
Paul R. Trafton and Carol Midgett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 532-536.
Grade: Elementary

Strategies for Advancing Children's Mathematical Thinking.
Judith Fraivillig.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 454-459.
Grade: Elementary

Fostering the Mathematical Power of Children with Behavioral Difficulties: The Case of Carter.
Lynn M. Isenbarger and Arthur J. Baroody.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 468-471.
Grade: Elementary

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics in the Classroom.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 472-473.
Grade: Elementary

Children Play Mathematics at Camp Invention.
Jo Ann Uslick and Susan G. Barr.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 392-394.
Grade: Elementary

March Ahead to Basics.
Regina Mistretta.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 416-417.
Grade: Elementary

Consumer Investigations: What Is the "Best" Chip?
Dixie Methany.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 418-420.
Grade: Elementary

Equal Sharing and the Roots of Fraction Equivalence.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 421-425.
Grade: Elementary

On the Road with Cholo, Vato, and Pano.
Frederick L. Silverman, Abbilynn B. Strawser, Donna L. Strohauer, and Noel Nevada Manzano.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 330-333.
Grade: Elementary

Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Jerry Lipka, Sandra Wildfeuer, Nastasia Wahlberg, Mary George, and Dafna R. Ezran.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 337-343.
Grade: Elementary

Geometry through Beadwork Designs.
Cathy A. Barkley and Saundra Cruz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 362-367.
Grade: Elementary

Seeding Ethnomathematics with Oware: Sankofa.
Arthur B. Powell and Oshon L. Temple.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 369-375.
Grade: Elementary

Multiply with MI: Using Multiple Intelligences to Master Multiplication.
Jody Kenny Willis and Aostre N. Johnson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 260-267, 269.
Grade: Elementary

Integrating Measurement Projects: Sand Timers.
Barbara Lemme.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 132-135.
Grade: 2

Making Informed Choices: Selecting Children's Trade Books for Mathematics Instruction.
Stacey J. Hellwig, Eula Ewing Monroe, and James S. Jacobs.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 138-143.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Computational Fluency with Whole Numbers.
Susan Jo Russell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 154-158.
Grade: Elementary

Oil and Water Don't Mix, but They Do Teach Fractions.
Cindy L. Anderson, Kevin M. Anderson, and Edward J. Wenzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 174-178.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

Uncovering the Magic.
Peggy O'Conner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 16-21.
Grade: 2-6

Using Manipulatives to Show What We Know.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph A. Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 32-33.
Grade: Elementary

Experiencing Mathematics through Literature: The Story of Neil.
Donna M. Jenner and Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 544-547.
Grade: Elementary

Fractions Attack! Children Thinking and Talking Mathematically.
Patricia C. Alcaro, Alice S. Alston, and Nancy Katims.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 562-567.
Grade: 4

Early Childhood Teachers Discuss the Standards.
Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 568-571.
Grade: Kindergarten

Three-Way Sharing.
Melfried Olson and Judith Olson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 590.
Grade: Elementary

Young Children's Ideas about Geometric Shapes.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 482-488.
Grade: Elementary

Notable Numbers.
Mary Lou Damjanovich and Jane S. Martain.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 504-505.
Grade: Elementary

Midpoint Shapes.
Rosamond Welchman and Josephine Urso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 506-509.
Grade: 2-6

Quality Literature as a Springboard to Problem Solving.
Colin K. Ducolon.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 442-446.
Grade K-3

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

Predicting Pattern Blocks on and off the Computer.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 458-461.
Grade: Primary

How Many Spots Does a Cheetah Have?
Kristine M. Reed.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: 1

Investigating Mathematics as a Community of Learners.
Hollylynne Stohl Drier.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching Young Mathematicians: The Challenges and Rewards.
Cyndi Frakes and Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 376-381.
Grade: Kindergarten

Teacher-Clinicians Encourage Children to Think as Mathematicians.
Rochelle G. Kaplan, Bonnie King, Nancy Dickens, and Viola Stanley.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 406-411.
Grade: 2-8

Nurturing the Voices of Young Mathematicians with Dyads and Group Discussions.
Maryann S. Wickett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 412-415.
Grade: Elementary

Creating and Developing Promising Young Mathematicians.
Linda Jensen Sheffield.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 416-419, 426.
Grade: Elementary

Children's Inventions for Multidigit Multiplication and Division.
Christine Koller Caliandro.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 420-424, 426.
Grade: Elementary

100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6

Amanda Bean and the Gator Girls: Writing and Solving Multiplication Stories.
Maryann S. Wickett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 282-285,303.
Grade: 3

Mathematics Workshop: Mathematics Class Becomes Learner Centered.
Daniel Heuser.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 288-295.
Grade: Elementary

A Teacher's "Try"angles.
Connie H. Yarema, Rhonda H. Adams, and Rachel Cagle.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 299-302.
Grade: K-4

Marbles.
Judith Olson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 306-307.
Grade: K-6

Creating Opportunities for Children to Think Mathematically.
Ann E. Kajander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1999, 5:8, 480-486.
Grade: 1-5

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

Geometric Flips Via the Arts.
Donald H. Sellke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 379-383.
Grade: 5-6

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Solving Geometric Problems by Using Unit Blocks.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 381-323.
Grade: K-Primary

"Image Maker": Developing Spatial Sense.
Grayson H. Wheatley and Anne M. Reynolds.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 374-378.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring Interplanetary Algebra to Understand Earthly Mathematics.
Robert M. Berkman,
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1998, 5:2, 78-83.
Grade: 5

Kindergarten Is More Than Counting.
Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1998, 5:2, 84-87.
Grade: Primary

Incredible Comparisons: Experiences with Data Collection.
Vicki L. Oleson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 12-17.
Grade: 6

There Are No Algorithms for Teaching Algorithms.
Frances R. Curcio and Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 26-30.
Grade: Elementary

A Data "Eggs"ploration.
Martha S. Chambless, Sarah Blackwell, Carol Redding, and Angie Oswalt.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8. 448-451.
Grade: 2

Critical Thinking Through Estimation.
Alfred C. Boucher.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 452-455.
Grade: 1

Games We Play: Connecting Mathematics and Culture in the Classroom.
James Barta and Diane Schaelling.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1998, 4:7, 388-393.
Grade: 2-3

In the Comfort of Their Own Homes: Engaging Families in Mathematics.
Jean M. Ehnebuske.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 338-343.
Grade: K-3

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Parents, Board Games and Mathematical Learning.
Marion Lee Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 365-367.
Grade: Elementary

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Recognizing the Mathematics.
Birgitta Corneille.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 112-115.
Grade: Pre-primary

Connecting Instructional Practice to Student Thinking.
Patricia F. Campbell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 106-110.
Grade: Elementary

NCTM's Standards in Japanese Elementary Schools.
Daiyo Sawada.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 20-23.
Grade: Elementary

Young Students Investigate Number Cubes.
Alex Friedlander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 6-11.
Grade: 1-3

Portraits of Susie: Matching Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment.
Diane L. Parker and Anthony J, Picard.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1997, 3:7, 376-382.
Grade: Elementary

Mining Mathematics through the Internet!
Kristine Tynes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1997, 3:7, 394-396.
Grade: 4

Spreadsheets, Patterns, and Algebraic Thinking.
Don Ploger, Lee Klingler, and Michael Rooney.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 330-334.
Grade: Elementary

Patterns as Tools for Algebraic Reasoning.
Kristen Herbert and Rebecca H. Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 340-344.
Grade: 6

Multicultural Mathematics and Alternative Algorithms.
Randolph R. Philipp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1996, 3:3, 128-133.
Grade: Elementary

An Alternative to Basic-Skills Remediation.
Judith E. Hankes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 452-458.
Grade: Primary

Ben's Understanding of One-Half.
Tad Watanabe.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 460-464.
Grade: K-2

Cooking Up Mathematics in the Kindergarten.
Elizabeth Partridge, Sue Austin, Elizabeth Wadlington, and Joe Bitner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 492-495.
Grade: K

Connecting Decimals and Other Mathematical Content.
Charles S. Thompson and Vicki Walker.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 496-502.
Grade: Elementary -- Middle

Hamster Math: Authentic Experiences in Data Collection.
Beth Jorgenson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 336-339.
Grade: Elementary

Pictures, Tables, Graphs, and Questions: Statistical Processes.
Andrew C. Isaacs and Catherine Randall Kelso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 340-345.
Grade: 2

Using Data to Make Decisions About Chance.
Graham R. Jones, Cynthia W. Langrall and Carol A. Thornton.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 346-350.
Grade: Elementary

What Do Children Understand About Average?
Susan Jo Russell and Jan Mokros.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 360-364.
Grade: Upper elementary

Rethinking "Concrete" Manipulatives.
Douglas H. Clements and Sue McMillen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 270-279.
Grade: Elementary

Communicating About Fractions with Pattern Blocks.
Janet H. Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 156-161.
Grade: 5-6 (upper elementary -- middle)

Using Sharing Situations to Help Children Learn Fractions.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 110-114.
Grade: 1-5

The Role of Self-Directed Discovery Time in the Development of Mathematics Concepts.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 116-120.
Grade: Pre-primary

Developing Spatial Abilities in the Early Grades.
Werner W. Liedtke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 12-18.
Grade: Elementary

The 100s Chart: A Stepping Stone to Mental Mathematics.
Carol A. Thornton, Graham A. Jones, and Judy L. Neal.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 480-483.
Grade: 2

I Thik the Citanre Will Hoder Lase: Journal Keeping in Mathematics Class.
Sonia M. Helton.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 336-340.
Grade: Elementary

Communicating with Young Children in Mathematics: A Unique Challenge.
Sydney L. Schwartz and Anna Beth Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 350-353.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Kindergarten

The Importance of Informal Language in Representing Mathematical Ideas.
Kathleen Cramer and Lee Karnowski.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 332-335.
Grade: K-8

Assessing Young Children's Mathematical Understandings.
Laura A. Sgroi, Nancy Gropper, Mary Tom Kilker, Nancy M. Rambusch, and Barbara Semonite.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 275-277.
Grade: Primary (K-1)

Implementing the Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics: Teacher as
Architect of Mathematical Tasks.
Barbara J. Reys and Vena M. Long.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 296-699.
Grade: Elementary

Promoting Calculator Use In Elementary Classrooms.
Carola C. Drosdeck.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 300-305.
Grade: Elementary

A Book, A Bed, A Bag: Interactive Homework for "10"!
Rose C. Merenda.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 262-266.
Grade: K

Newspapers: Connecting the Mathematics Classroom to the World.
Susan R. O'Connell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 268-274.
Grade: Elementary

Student-Authored Minimath.
Becky Fox, Jean Guenther, and Diane Lubarski.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 208-212.
Grade: 1-5

How Old Do You Want to Be?
Kenneth P. Goldberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 184-187.
Grade: 5-6

Data Buddies: Primary-Grade Mathematicians Explore Data.
Stephen J. Bloom.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1994, 1:2, 80-86.
Grade: Primary (K-2)

Telling Tales: Creating Graphs Using Multicultural Literature.
Karen S. Karp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1994, 1:2, 87-91.
Grade: Primary
 


Quantity -- cubes/Unifix cubes, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, building blocks/Lego, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, counters, candy/food, games/puzzles/toys, marbles

How Many Marbles in the Jar? Estimation in the Early Grades.
Jennifer Taylor-Cox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 208-214.
Grade: Elementary

What Is a "Good Guess," Anyway? Estimation in Early Childhood.
Frances Kuwahara Lang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 462-466.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten - Kindergarten

A Remainder of One: Exploring Partitive Division.
Patricia Seray Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 517-521.
Grade: 4

Parents, Board Games and Mathematical Learning.
Marion Lee Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 365-367.
Grade: Elementary

Too Easy for Kindergarten and Just Right for First Grade.
Kathy Richardson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 432-437.
Grade: K-2

Literature and Algebraic Reasoning.
Cheryl A. Lubinski and Albert D. Otto.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 290-295.
Grade: K-4

Using Sharing Situations to Help Children Learn Fractions.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 110-114.
Grade: 1-5

En-chanting, Fascinating, Useful Number.
Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 486-491.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten


Ratio/proportion/percent -- color tiles, cubes/Unifix cubes, Cuisenaire rods, tangrams, pattern blocks, counters, base-ten blocks, ten-frames, money, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, building blocks/Lego, geoboards, polyhedrons/nets, balloons, fabrics/beadwork, maps

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Children Play Mathematics at Camp Invention.
Jo Ann Uslick and Susan G. Barr.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 392-394.
Grade: Elementary

March Ahead to Basics.
Regina Mistretta.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 416-417.
Grade: Elementary

Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Jerry Lipka, Sandra Wildfeuer, Nastasia Wahlberg, Mary George, and Dafna R. Ezran.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 337-343.
Grade: Elementary

The Intersection of Two Unlikely Worlds: Ratios and Drums.
Anthony C. Stevens, Janet M. Sharp, and Becky Nelson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 376-383.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Numbers and Operations with Affordable Handheld Technology.
Denny St. John and Douglas A. Lapp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 162-164.
Grade: Elementary

Oil and Water Don't Mix, but They Do Teach Fractions.
Cindy L. Anderson, Kevin M. Anderson, and Edward J. Wenzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 174-178.
Grade: Elementary

Basketball Math.
Deborah M. Walters.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 556-559.
Grade: 6

Investigating Mathematics as a Community of Learners.
Hollylynne Stohl Drier.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Incredible Comparisons: Experiences with Data Collection.
Vicki L. Oleson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 12-17.
Grade: 6

Parents as Partners: Supporting Children's Mathematics Learning Prior to School.
Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 331-337.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

Place Value as the Key to Teaching Decimal Operations.
Judith Sowder.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 448-453.
Grade: Elementary and Middle

What Does Algebraic Thinking Look Like and Sound Like with Preprimary Children?
Frances R. Curcio and Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 296-300.
Grade: Pre-primary

Algebraic Thinking: A Professional-Development Theme.
Faye Nisonoff Ruopp, Al Cuoco, Sue M. Rasala and M. Grace Kelemanik.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 326-329.
Grade: K-12

A Common-Cents Approach to Fractions.
Judy Rocke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 234-236.
Grade: Middle (5-8)


Reasoning -- attribute blocks, Cuisenaire rods, tangrams, dice/number cubes, spinners, geoboards, pattern blocks, counters, money, games/puzzles/toys, cardboard/boxes, fabrics/beadwork, geometric solids, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, calculators, base-ten blocks, fraction models/circles, thermometers, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, balance scale/weights/scales, capacity containers, color tiles, rulers/tape measures/trundle wheels/callipers, building blocks/Lego, marbles, pentablocks

Second Graders Circumvent Addition and Subtraction Difficulties.
Joy W. Whitenack, Nancy Knipping, Sue Novinger, and Gail Underwood.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 228-233.
Grade: 2

Connecting Mathematics Instruction with the Families of Young Children.
Diane W. Kyle, Ellen McIntyre, and Gayle H. Moore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 80-86.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Mathematical Thinking Using Codes and Ciphers.
Lisa J. Evered and Serigne Gningue.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 8-15.
Grade: Elementary

Response to the Nets and Polyhedra Problem.
Lynae Sakshaug.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 44-48.
Grade: Elementary

Using Representations to Explore Perimeter and Area.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 52-59.
Grade: Elementary

Mouse Maze Tournament: Connecting Geometry and Measurement.
Shirley Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 504-509.
Grade: 5

Capturing Students' Interests: A Quest to Discover Mathematics Potential.
Gladis Kersaint and Michaele F. Chappell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 512-517.
Grade: Elementary

What Is a "Good Guess," Anyway? Estimation in Early Childhood.
Frances Kuwahara Lang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2001, 7:8, 462-466.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten - Kindergarten

Geometry Must Be Vital.
Mary M. Lindquist and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 409-415.
Grade: Elementary

And Then There Was Luke The Geometric Thinking of a Young Mathematician.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 432-439.
Grade: Elementary

Multiply with MI: Using Multiple Intelligences to Master Multiplication.
Jody Kenny Willis and Aostre N. Johnson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 260-267, 269.
Grade: Elementary

Making Informed Choices: Selecting Children's Trade Books for Mathematics Instruction.
Stacey J. Hellwig, Eula Ewing Monroe, and James S. Jacobs.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 138-143.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Computational Fluency with Whole Numbers.
Susan Jo Russell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 154-158.
Grade: Elementary

Oil and Water Don't Mix, but They Do Teach Fractions.
Cindy L. Anderson, Kevin M. Anderson, and Edward J. Wenzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2000, 7:3, 174-178.
Grade: Elementary

Math is Art.
Tim Granger.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 10-13.
Grade: Elementary

Uncovering the Magic.
Peggy O'Conner.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 16-21.
Grade: 2-6

Fractions Attack! Children Thinking and Talking Mathematically.
Patricia C. Alcaro, Alice S. Alston, and Nancy Katims.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 562-567.
Grade: 4

Early Childhood Teachers Discuss the Standards.
Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 568-571.
Grade: Kindergarten

Implications of Research on Children's Understanding of Geometry.
Thomas B. Fox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 572-576.
Grade: Elementary

Notable Numbers.
Mary Lou Damjanovich and Jane S. Martain.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 504-505.
Grade: Elementary

Midpoint Shapes.
Rosamond Welchman and Josephine Urso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 506-509.
Grade: 2-6

A Remainder of One: Exploring Partitive Division.
Patricia Seray Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 517-521.
Grade: 4

Quality Literature as a Springboard to Problem Solving.
Colin K. Ducolon.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 442-446.
Grade K-3

Transportation.
Janel E. Helms, Matthew J. Hinks, Michelle V. Goodman, Shelly R. Leiby, Luke J.

Verna, and Cheryl A. Wetzel.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 452-453.
Grade: K-2

Predicting Pattern Blocks on and off the Computer.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 458-461.
Grade: Primary

How Many Spots Does a Cheetah Have?
Kristine M. Reed.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: 1

Investigating Mathematics as a Community of Learners.
Hollylynne Stohl Drier.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 346-349.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching Young Mathematicians: The Challenges and Rewards.
Cyndi Frakes and Kate Kline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 376-381.
Grade: Kindergarten

Designing Questions to Encourage Children's Mathematical Thinking.
Jane F. Schielack, Dinah Chancellor, and Kimberly M. Childs.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 398-402.
Grade: 2-4

Teacher-Clinicians Encourage Children to Think as Mathematicians.
Rochelle G. Kaplan, Bonnie King, Nancy Dickens, and Viola Stanley.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 406-411.
Grade: 2-8

Nurturing the Voices of Young Mathematicians with Dyads and Group Discussions.
Maryann S. Wickett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 412-415.
Grade: Elementary

Children's Inventions for Multidigit Multiplication and Division.
Christine Koller Caliandro.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2000, 6:6, 420-424, 426.
Grade: Elementary

100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6

Amanda Bean and the Gator Girls: Writing and Solving Multiplication Stories.
Maryann S. Wickett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 282-285,303.
Grade: 3

Marbles.
Judith Olson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 306-307.
Grade: K-6

The Wonderful World of Digital Sums.
Martha V. Bonsangue, Gerald E. Gannon, and Karen L. Watson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 310-313, 318-320.
Grade: Elementary

Why Are Some Solids Perfect? Conjectures and Experiments by Third Graders.
Richard Lehrer and Carmen L. Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 324-329.
Grade: 3

Creating Opportunities for Children to Think Mathematically.
Ann E. Kajander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1999, 5:8, 480-486.
Grade: 1-5

Check Out these Checkbooks: Real-life Banking for the Classroom.
Abby Tuch.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999, 5:7, 422-429.
Grade: 2-6

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Educating Hannah: It's a What?
Sir Wilfred H. Cockcroft and John Marshall.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 326-329.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching the Values of Coins.
Randell L. Drum and Wesley G. Petty Jr.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1999, 5:5, 264-268.
Grade: Primary

Student's Explanations of Place Value in Addition and Subtraction.
Nancy G. Nagel and Cynthia Carol Swingen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1998, 5:3, 164-170.
Grade: Elementary

Incredible Comparisons: Experiences with Data Collection.
Vicki L. Oleson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 12-17.
Grade: 6

Critical Thinking Through Estimation.
Alfred C. Boucher.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 452-455.
Grade: 1

The Function Box and Fourth Graders: Squares, Cubes, and Circles.
James S. Sulzer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 442-447.
Grade: K-8

Parents, Board Games and Mathematical Learning.
Marion Lee Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 365-367.
Grade: Elementary

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Number Operations from an Algebraic Perspective.
James H. Vance.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 282-285.
Grade: Primary

Interpreting the Standards: Translating Principles into Practice.
Deborah E. Schifter and Deborah Carey O-Brien.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1997, 4:4, 202-205.
Grade: 3

Recognizing the Mathematics.
Birgitta Corneille.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 112-115.
Grade: Pre-primary

Exploring Area with Geoboards.
Patricia A. Trafton and Christina Hartman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 72-75.
Grade: 2

NCTM's Standards in Japanese Elementary Schools.
Daiyo Sawada.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 20-23.
Grade: Elementary

Young Students Investigate Number Cubes.
Alex Friedlander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1997, 4:1, 6-11.
Grade: 1-3

Too Easy for Kindergarten and Just Right for First Grade.
Kathy Richardson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1997, 3:8, 432-437.
Grade: K-2

Mining Mathematics through the Internet!
Kristine Tynes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1997, 3:7, 394-396.
Grade: 4

Spreadsheets, Patterns, and Algebraic Thinking.
Don Ploger, Lee Klingler, and Michael Rooney.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 330-334.
Grade: Elementary

What I Learned From Teaching Second Grade.
Marilyn Burns.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1996, 3:3, 124-127.
Grade: 2

Multicultural Mathematics and Alternative Algorithms.
Randolph R. Philipp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1996, 3:3, 128-133.
Grade: Elementary

Understanding Children's Reasoning.
George W. Bright.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1996, 3:1, 18-22.
Grade: 1

Making Cents.
Nancy J. Larsen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1996, 2:9, 520-522.
Grade: 2

Ben's Understanding of One-Half.
Tad Watanabe.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 460-464.
Grade: K-2

Pictures, Tables, Graphs, and Questions: Statistical Processes.
Andrew C. Isaacs and Catherine Randall Kelso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 340-345.
Grade: 2

What's In A Glyph?
Patricia E. Cartland.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 324-328.
Grade: Elementary

Pause, Prompt, and Praise: Cross-Age Tutoring.
Janie E. Eggers.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 216-218.
Grade: 1-4

A Common-Cents Approach to Fractions.
Judy Rocke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 234-236.
Grade: Middle (5-8)

Perimeter Patterns.
Richard A. Austin and Patricia Biafore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 238-240.
Grade: 5-8

Using Concept Diagrams to Promote Understanding in Geometry.
Jean M. Shaw, Conn Thomas, Ann Hoffman, and Janis Bulgren.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 184-189.
Grade: Intermediate -- Middle

Communicating About Fractions with Pattern Blocks.
Janet H. Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 156-161.
Grade: 5-6 (upper elementary -- middle)

The Importance of Informal Language in Representing Mathematical Ideas.
Kathleen Cramer and Lee Karnowski.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 332-335.
Grade: K-8

Implementing the Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics: Teacher as Architect of
Mathematical Tasks.
Barbara J. Reys and Vena M. Long.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 296-699.
Grade: Elementary

Student-Authored Minimath.
Becky Fox, Jean Guenther, and Diane Lubarski.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 208-212.
Grade: 1-5

Geometry Game.
Enrique Ortiz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 231-233.
Grade: K-2

How Old Do You Want to Be?
Kenneth P. Goldberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 184-187.
Grade: 5-6

Making Connections: From Paper to Pop-Up Books.
Vanessa Evans Huse, Nancy Larson Bluemel and Rhonda Harris Taylor.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1994, 1:1, 14-17.
Grade: Elementary

Telling Tales: Creating Graphs Using Multicultural Literature.
Karen S. Karp.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1994, 1:2, 87-91.
Grade: Primary


Relationships/connections -- pattern blocks, base-ten blocks, geoboards, clocks, color tiles, cubes, Cuisenaire rods, money, tangrams, calculators, number cubes, spinners, counters, math balance, calculators, two-color, balance scale, games/puzzles/toys, cubes, fraction models, spinners, balloons, fabrics/beadwork, maps, pentablocks, toothpicks/rods/sticks, soap, drinking straws

Second Graders Circumvent Addition and Subtraction Difficulties.
Joy W. Whitenack, Nancy Knipping, Sue Novinger, and Gail Underwood.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 228-233.
Grade: 2

Mrs. Whatsit "Socks" It to Probability.
Virginia Usnick, Jane McCarthy, and Shirley Alexander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 2001, 8:4, 246-249.
Grade: Elementary

Geo-Dolls: Traveling in a Mathematical World.
Karen S. Karp and E. Todd Brown.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 132-138.
Grade: Elementary

Cont "rolling" Variables.
Juli K. Dixon, Thomasenia Lott Adams, and Mary Ellen Hynes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 160-164.
Grade: Elementary

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe…Building on Intuitive Notions of Chance.
Jeffrey A. Frykholm.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2001, 8:2, 112-118.
Grade: Elementary

Bubble-Mania!
Laura J. Cline.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 20-23, 25-26.
Grade: K-5

Teaching Addition and Subtraction Facts: A Chinese Perspective.
Wei Sun and Joanne Y. Shang.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 28-31.
Grade: Elementary

Are Rules Interfering with Children's Mathematical Understanding?
Jean L. Behrend.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 36-40.
Grade: Elementary

Response to the Nets and Polyhedra Problem.
Lynae Sakshaug.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 44-48.
Grade: Elementary

Using Representations to Explore Perimeter and Area.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 52-59.
Grade: Elementary

Equal Sharing and the Roots of Fraction Equivalence.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 421-425.
Grade: Elementary

And Then There Was Luke The Geometric Thinking of a Young Mathematician.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2001, 7:7, 432-439.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Number Sense: What Can Other Cultures Tell Us?
Claudia Zaslavsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 312-319.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring the Game of "Julirde": A Mathematical-Educational Game Played by Fulbe
Children in Cameroon.
Paulus Gerdes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 321-327.
Grade: Elementary

On the Road with Cholo, Vato, and Pano.
Frederick L. Silverman, Abbilynn B. Strawser, Donna L. Strohauer, and Noel Nevada Manzano.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 330-333.
Grade: Elementary

Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Jerry Lipka, Sandra Wildfeuer, Nastasia Wahlberg, Mary George, and Dafna R. Ezran.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 337-343.
Grade: Elementary

Geometry through Beadwork Designs.
Cathy A. Barkley and Saundra Cruz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 362-367.
Grade: Elementary

Do Your Students Measure Up Metrically?
P. Mark Taylor, Ken Simms, Ok-Keyeong Kim, and Robert E. Reys.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2001, 7:5, 282-287.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

Experiencing Mathematics through Literature: The Story of Neil.
Donna M. Jenner and Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 544-547.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring Children's Thinking about Mathematicians and Their Work.
David Rock and Jean M. Shaw.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9 550-555.
Grade: K-8

Basketball Math.
Deborah M. Walters.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 556-559.
Grade: 6

Fractions Attack! Children Thinking and Talking Mathematically.
Patricia C. Alcaro, Alice S. Alston, and Nancy Katims.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 562-567.
Grade: 4

Implications of Research on Children's Understanding of Geometry.
Thomas B. Fox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2000, 6:9, 572-576.
Grade: Elementary

A Remainder of One: Exploring Partitive Division.
Patricia Seray Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 2000, 6:8, 517-521.
Grade: 4

Predicting Pattern Blocks on and off the Computer.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2000, 6:7, 458-461.
Grade: Primary

100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6

A Teacher's "Try"angles.
Connie H. Yarema, Rhonda H. Adams, and Rachel Cagle.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 299-302.
Grade: K-4

Why Are Some Solids Perfect? Conjectures and Experiments by Third Graders.
Richard Lehrer and Carmen L. Curtis.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 324-329.
Grade: 3

There Are No Algorithms for Teaching Algorithms.
Frances R. Curcio and Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 26-30.
Grade: Elementary

Number Operations from an Algebraic Perspective.
James H. Vance.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 282-285.
Grade: Primary

The Process of Assessment Applied to Tessellations.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 276-280.
Grade: Elementary

Recognizing the Mathematics.
Birgitta Corneille.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 112-115.
Grade: Pre-primary

Probing the Foundations of Algebra: Grade-4 Pattern Items in NAEP.
Patricia Ann Kenney and Edward A Silver.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 268-274.
Grade: 4

Experiences with Patterning.
Joan Ferrini-Munday, Glenda Lappan, and Elizabeth Phillips.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 282-288.
Grade: K-6

Literature and Algebraic Reasoning.
Cheryl A. Lubinski and Albert D. Otto.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 290-295.
Grade: K-4

Computers Support Algebraic Thinking.
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 320-325.
Grade: Elementary

Mathematics of Change: Ins and Outs or Ups and Downs.
Cornelia C. Tierney and Ricardo Nemirovsky.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 336-339, 345.
Grade: Elementary

Doing Algebra in Grades K-4.
Zalman Usiskin.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 346-356.
Grade: K-4

Connecting Decimals and Other Mathematical Content.
Charles S. Thompson and Vicki Walker.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 496-502.
Grade: Elementary -- Middle

Hidden Messages in Teacher Talk: Praise and Empowerment.
Sydney L Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1996, 2:7, 396-401.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Kindergarten

What Do Children Understand About Average?
Susan Jo Russell and Jan Mokros.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 360-364.
Grade: Upper elementary

Rethinking "Concrete" Manipulatives.
Douglas H. Clements and Sue McMillen.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 270-279.
Grade: Elementary

Using Concept Diagrams to Promote Understanding in Geometry.
Jean M. Shaw, Conn Thomas, Ann Hoffman, and Janis Bulgren.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 184-189.
Grade: Intermediate -- middle

The Role of Self-Directed Discovery Time in the Development of Mathematics Concepts.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 116-120.
Grade: Pre-primary

Developing Spatial Abilities in the Early Grades.
Werner W. Liedtke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 12-18.
Grade: Elementary

Teaching Patterns, Relationships, and Multiplication as Worthwhile Mathematical Tasks.
Barbara E. Armstrong.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1995, 446-450.
Grade: Elementary

The Importance of Informal Language in Representing Mathematical Ideas.
Kathleen Cramer and Lee Karnowski.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 332-335.
Grade: K-8

I Thik the Citanre Will Hoder Lase: Journal Keeping in Mathematics Class.
Sonia M. Helton.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1995, 1:6, 336-340.
Grade: Elementary

Implementing the Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics: Teacher as Architect of
Mathematical Tasks.
Barbara J. Reys and Vena M. Long.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 296-699.
Grade: Elementary

Assessing Young Children's Mathematical Understandings.
Laura A. Sgroi, Nancy Gropper, Mary Tom Kilker, Nancy M. Rambusch, and Barbara Semonite.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1995, 1:5, 275-277.
Grade: Primary (K-1)


Similarity/congruence -- geoboards, attribute blocks, pattern blocks, tangrams, Cuisenaire rods miras/mirrors/reflective material, color tiles, cubes/Unifix cubes, games/puzzles/toys, geometric solids, geometric shapes, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, polyhedrons/nets, counters, building blocks/Lego, dice/number cubes, fraction models/circles, hundreds chart/math tables/number lines/10x10 grid/circle chart, rulers/tape measures/trundle wheels/callipers, fabrics/beadwork, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios

Turning the Tables.
Mary Swarthout, Robert Mann, and Kim Hartweg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2001, 8:1, 42-43.
Grade: K-6

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Educating Hannah: It's a What?
Sir Wilfred H. Cockcroft and John Marshall.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 326-329.
Grade: Elementary

Young Children's Developing Understanding of Geometric Shapes.
Mary Anne Hannibal.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 353-357.
Grade: Pre-school -- Primary (age 3 to 6)

"Image Maker": Developing Spatial Sense.
Grayson H. Wheatley and Anne M. Reynolds.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 374-378.
Grade: Elementary

Shape Up!
Christine D. Oberdorf and Jennifer Taylor-Cox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 340-345.
Grade: Elementary

What Comes Next? The Mathematics of Pattern in Kindergarten.
Karen Economopoulos.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1998, 5:4, 230-233.
Grade: Kindergarten

Incredible Comparisons: Experiences with Data Collection.
Vicki L. Oleson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1998, 5:1, 12-17.
Grade: 6

Parents as Partners: Supporting Children's Mathematics Learning Prior to School.
Ann G. Anderson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 331-337.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- 6

The Process of Assessment Applied to Tessellations.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 276-280.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring Area with Geoboards.
Patricia A. Trafton and Christina Hartman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 72-75.
Grade: 2

Ben's Understanding of One-Half.
Tad Watanabe.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 460-464.
Grade: K-2

Look! How I Am Growing!
Carol Midgett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1996, 2:7, 404-407.
Grade: Elementary

Pictures, Tables, Graphs, and Questions: Statistical Processes.
Andrew C. Isaacs and Catherine Randall Kelso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 340-345.
Grade: 2

Perimeter Patterns.
Richard A. Austin and Patricia Biafore.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1995, 2:4, 238-240.
Grade: 5-8

Using Concept Diagrams to Promote Understanding in Geometry.
Jean M. Shaw, Conn Thomas, Ann Hoffman, and Janis Bulgren.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 184-189.
Grade: Intermediate -- Middle

Communicating About Fractions with Pattern Blocks.
Janet H. Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 156-161.
Grade: 5-6 (upper elementary -- middle)

Plotting Margo's Party.
Debra Grummer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 176-179.
Grade: 1

Using Sharing Situations to Help Children Learn Fractions.
Susan B. Empson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 110-114.
Grade: 1-5

Developing Spatial Abilities in the Early Grades.
Werner W. Liedtke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 12-18.
Grade: Elementary

Authentic Mathematics in the Classroom.
Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 1995, 1:9, 580-584.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Kindergarten

En-chanting, Fascinating, Useful Number.
Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1995, 1:8, 486-491.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten

Bilingual Lessons in Early-Grades Geometry.
Alfinio Flores.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1995, 1:7, 420-424.
Grade: K-3

Geometry Game.
Enrique Ortiz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1994, 1:4, 231-233.
Grade: K-2

Improving Students' Sense of Three-Dimensional Shapes.
Neville J. Leeson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1994, 1:1, 8-11.
Grade: 5-6


Spatial visualization -- tangrams, pattern blocks, geoboards, geometric solids, polyhedrons/nets, games/puzzles/toys, miras/mirrors/reflective material, cubes/Unifix cubes, color tiles, base-ten blocks, bean counters, counters, geometric shapes, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, balloons, maps

Elastic Geometry and Storyknifing: A Yup'ik Eskimo Example.
Jerry Lipka, Sandra Wildfeuer, Nastasia Wahlberg, Mary George, and Dafna R. Ezran.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 337-343.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

Using Language and Visualization to Teach Place Value.
Joan A. Colter.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 108-114.
Grade: Elementary

Math is Art.
Tim Granger.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 10-13.
Grade: Elementary

Nets and Polyhedra.
Lynae Sakshaug and Conrad Van Voorst.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 34-35.
Grade: Elementary

100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6

Tackling Tangrams.
Deanna Rigdon, Jolyn Raleigh, and Shari Goodman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 304-305.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Solving Geometric Problems by Using Unit Blocks.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 381-323.
Grade: K-Primary

"Image Maker": Developing Spatial Sense.
Grayson H. Wheatley and Anne M. Reynolds.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 374-378.
Grade: Elementary

Educating Hannah: It's a What?
Sir Wilfred H. Cockcroft and John Marshall.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 326-329.
Grade: Elementary

Shape Up!
Christine D. Oberdorf and Jennifer Taylor-Cox.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 340-345.
Grade: Elementary

Geometric Flips Via the Arts.
Donald H. Sellke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 379-383.
Grade: 5-6

What Comes Next? The Mathematics of Pattern in Kindergarten.
Karen Economopoulos.
Teaching Children Mathematics, December 1998, 5:4, 230-233.
Grade: Kindergarten

Critical Thinking Through Estimation.
Alfred C. Boucher.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 452-455.
Grade: 1

Books + Manipulatives + Families = A Mathematics Lending Library.
Diane McCarty.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1998, 4:6, 368-375.
Grade: Elementary

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Exploring Area with Geoboards.
Patricia A. Trafton and Christina Hartman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 72-75.
Grade: 2

Recognizing the Mathematics.
Birgitta Corneille.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 112-115.
Grade: Pre-primary

What Does Algebraic Thinking Look Like and Sound Like with Preprimary Children?
Frances R. Curcio and Sydney L. Schwartz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1997, 3:6, 296-300.
Grade: Pre-primary

Ben's Understanding of One-Half.
Tad Watanabe.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1996, 2:8, 460-464.
Grade: K-2

Developing Spatial Sense -- a Moving Experience!
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1996, 2:5, 290-293.
Grade: Pre-kindergarten -- Kindergarten

The Role of Self-Directed Discovery Time in the Development of Mathematics Concepts.
Angela Giglio Andrews.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1995, 2:2, 116-120.
Grade: Pre-primary

Developing Spatial Abilities in the Early Grades.
Werner W. Liedtke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 12-18.
Grade: Elementary

Using Technology to Enhance "My Travels with Gulliver."
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1994, 1:3, 188-191.
Grade: 6

Making Connections: From Paper to Pop-Up Books.
Vanessa Evans Huse, Nancy Larson Bluemel and Rhonda Harris Taylor.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1994, 1:1, 14-17.
Grade: Elementary

Improving Students' Sense of Three-Dimensional Shapes.
Neville J. Leeson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1994, 1:1, 8-11.
Grade: 5-6


Speed/velocity -- clocks/stopwatches/calendars/sand timers, compasses, games/puzzles/toys, books/journals/newspapers/portfolios, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, video technology/multi-media, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, rulers/tape measures/trundle wheels/callipers

Cont "rolling" Variables.
Juli K. Dixon, Thomasenia Lott Adams, and Mary Ellen Hynes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 160-164.
Grade: Elementary
100 Activities for the Day.
Cynthia S. Thomas.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 276-280.
Grade: Pre K-6
 


Symmetry -- geoboards, pattern blocks, tangrams, miras/mirrors/reflective material, cubes/Unifix cubes, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, computers/Internet/software/spreadsheets, attribute blocks, Cuisenaire rods, games/puzzles/toys, geometric shapes, fabrics/beadwork, pentablocks

 

Patterns and Symmetry: Reflections of Culture.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 140-144.
Grade: Elementary

Do Numbers Have Shapes? Connecting Number Patterns and Shapes through the Vedic Matrix.
Blidi S. Stemn and Jill E. Collins.
Teaching Children Mathematics, May 2001, 7:9, 542-547.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring the Game of "Julirde": A Mathematical-Educational Game Played by Fulbe
Children in Cameroon.
Paulus Gerdes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 321-327.
Grade: Elementary

Geometry through Beadwork Designs.
Cathy A. Barkley and Saundra Cruz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 362-367.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

Math is Art.
Tim Granger.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 10-13.
Grade: Elementary

The Wonderful World of Digital Sums.
Martha V. Bonsangue, Gerald E. Gannon, and Karen L. Watson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 2000, 6:5, 310-313, 318-320.
Grade: Elementary

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

Young Children's Developing Understanding of Geometric Shapes.
Mary Anne Hannibal.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 353-357.
Grade: Pre-school -- Primary (age 3 to 6)

Geometric Flips Via the Arts.
Donald H. Sellke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 379-383.
Grade: 5-6

The Process of Assessment Applied to Tessellations.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 276-280.
Grade: Elementary

Exploring Area with Geoboards.
Patricia A. Trafton and Christina Hartman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 72-75.
Grade: 2

Look! How I Am Growing!
Carol Midgett.
Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1996, 2:7, 404-407.
Grade: Elementary
 


Tessellations/tiling -- pattern blocks, attribute blocks, games/puzzles/toys, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper

Patterns and Symmetry: Reflections of Culture.
Patricia S. Moyer.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 2001, 8:3, 140-144.
Grade: Elementary

Math is Art.
Tim Granger.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 2000, 7:1, 10-13.
Grade: Elementary

Creating Opportunities for Children to Think Mathematically.
Ann E. Kajander.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1999, 5:8, 480-486.
Grade: 1-5

Developing Geometric Thinking Through Activities that Begin with Play.
Pierre M. van Hiele.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 310-316.
Grade: Elementary

The Process of Assessment Applied to Tessellations.
Janet M. Sharp and Karen Bush Hoiberg.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 276-280.
Grade: Elementary


Transformational geometry -- geoboards, cubes/Unifix cubes, miras/mirrors/reflective material, pattern blocks, tangrams, paper/origami/stencil patterns/graph paper, polyhedrons/nets, building blocks/Lego, geometric solids, cardboard/boxes, fabrics/beadwork

Exploring the Game of "Julirde": A Mathematical-Educational Game Played by Fulbe
Children in Cameroon.
Paulus Gerdes.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 321-327.
Grade: Elementary

Geometry through Beadwork Designs.
Cathy A. Barkley and Saundra Cruz.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 2001, 7:6, 362-367.
Grade: Elementary

The Earliest Geometry.
Doublas H. Clements and Julie Sarama.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 82-86.
Grade: Elementary

"Image Maker": Developing Spatial Sense.
Grayson H. Wheatley and Anne M. Reynolds.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 374-378.
Grade: Elementary

Geometric Flips Via the Arts.
Donald H. Sellke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 379-383.
Grade: 5-6

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Recognizing the Mathematics.
Birgitta Corneille.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 112-115.
Grade: Pre-primary

Exploring Area with Geoboards.
Patricia A. Trafton and Christina Hartman.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 1997, 4:2, 72-75.
Grade: 2

Communicating About Fractions with Pattern Blocks.
Janet H. Caldwell.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1995, 2:3, 156-161.
Grade: 5-6 (upper elementary -- middle)

Developing Spatial Abilities in the Early Grades.
Werner W. Liedtke.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1995, 2:1, 12-18.
Grade: Elementary

Improving Students' Sense of Three-Dimensional Shapes.
Neville J. Leeson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, September 1994, 1:1, 8-11.
Grade: 5-6


Volume -- capacity containers, cubes/Unifix cubes, geometric solids, rulers/straightedge/tape measures/meter sticks/trundle wheels/callipers, counters, candy/food

Critical Thinking Through Estimation.
Alfred C. Boucher.
Teaching Children Mathematics, April 1998, 4:8, 452-455.
Grade: 1

Pictures, Tables, Graphs, and Questions: Statistical Processes.
Andrew C. Isaacs and Catherine Randall Kelso.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 340-345.
Grade: 2

Hamster Math: Authentic Experiences in Data Collection.
Beth Jorgenson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 336-339.
Grade: Elementary


Weight/mass -- geometric solids, counters, balance scale/weights/scales, cubes/Unifix cubes

Celebrate Metric Day.
Regina Mistretta and Joseph A. Porzio.
Teaching Children Mathematics, October 2000, 7:2, 96-97.
Grade: Elementary

Educating Hannah: It's a What?
Sir Wilfred H. Cockcroft and John Marshall.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1999, 5:6, 326-329.
Grade: Elementary

Finding the Number of Cubes in Rectangular Cube Buildings.
Michael Battista and Douglas H. Clements.
Teaching Children Mathematics, January 1998, 4:5, 258-264.
Grade: Elementary (3-5)

Young Children Deal with Data.
Judith V. Taylor.
Teaching Children Mathematics, November 1997, 4:3, 146-149.
Grade: 2

Hamster Math: Authentic Experiences in Data Collection.
Beth Jorgenson.
Teaching Children Mathematics, February 1996, 2:6, 336-339.
Grade: Elementary

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