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2002 PCTM Yearbook

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Dodging The Definition: Teaching Fractions Using Pictorial Representations
Problem Contexts and Representations in Middle Schoolers' Learning of Function
Symbolic and Graphic Reasoning About Quadratic Functions
Representational Awareness: Using Algebraic Notation to Illuminate Mathematical Situations
Representations of Discrete Dynamical Systems with Mathematica® Animations
Percent: An Emphasis on Representation

2001 PCTM Yearbook

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Combination Chart Representations of Linear Relationships
Mathematical Modeling and Representation: Wrapping It up with Ropes
Uses of Representations in the Interactive Mathematics Program
Developing the Sine and Cosine Triple Angle Formulas Using Geometric Representation of Trigonometric Ratios
Towards an Understanding of the Processes Involved in Visual
Representation Use: A Study of Advanced Problem Solvers
What's in a Sign?
Student-Constructed Representation: Vehicles for Helping Teachers
Understand Students' Mathematical Thinking

2000 PCTM Yearbook - Algebra Across the Grades Part II

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Pennsylvania Academic Standards in Mathematics: Algebra and Functions
Algebraic Representation K-12
Algebra in the Early Grades: They Why, What, and How of It
Examining Student Responses: A Strategy for Developing Preservice Elementary Teachers' Understanding of Algebra
Grades, Grade Points, and Grade Point Averages
Algebraic Objectives, Perspectives, and Connectives" The MATH Connections Vision
Connections between Abstract Algebra and Secondary School Algebra for Preservice Teachers: A Preliminary Report
A Connection between High School Algebra and Knot Theory

1999 PCTM Yearbook - Algebra Across the Grades, Part I

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Algebra for All Students
Pennsylvania Academic Standards in Mathematics: Algebra and Functions
The Pennsylvania Mathematics Standards: A Guide to "Algebra across the Grades"?
From Arithmetic to Algebra
Algebra in Disguise: Exploring Algebraic Ideas from Elementary School Mathematics
Al-Khwarizmi's Contributions to Algebra
Abstract Algebra: It Can Be Useful for All Prospective Secondary School Mathematics Teachers
Appropriate Use of Computer Algebra Systems in Teaching Mathematics
Discovering an Algebraic Volume-Surface Area Relationship Using Rectangular Prisms

1998 PCTM Yearbook - Implementing the Standards: Local, State, and National Issues

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Vision Becomes Reality: Standards-Based Curricula for High Schools
The Nature of Proof in a Standards-Based Classroom
Technology: Tool or Trampa?
Secondary Mathematics Certification: Is a Change Necessary?
Block-Scheduling by Exponential Functions
Counting Pennsylvania County Populations and Areas
Densest Packing or Regular Polygons

Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Technology, 1997 PCTM Yearbook (82 pages)

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Using the Graphing Calculator in the Classroom: Helping Students Solve the "Unsolvable"
Graphing Changing Averages
Making More of an Average Lesson: Using Spreadsheets to Teach Preservice Teachers about Average
In the Presence of Technology, Geometry is Alive and Well... but Different
Composing Functions Graphically on the TI-92
Signifiers and Counterparts: Building a Framework for Analyzing Students' Use of Symbols
Exploring Continued Fractions: A Technological Approach
The Isosceles Triangle: Making Connections with the TI-92
Mathematically Modeling a Traffic Intersection

 

Integrated Mathematics and Integrating Mathematics , 1996 PCTM Yearbook (77 pages)

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Integrating Mathematics and Science through Bubble Explorations
Clinical Epidemiology: Applications of Secondary Mathematics to Medicine
Should We Be Using a More Integrated Approach in Science and Mathematics Instruction at the Secondary Level?
The Integration of Mathematics and Science
Mathematics as Integrated Curricula: Where Do We Want to Take Our Students?
Decimals into Fractions
A "Dice Box" Manipulative for Stochastics
The Effects of Technology on Student Understanding of Mathematical Concepts
Effective Professional Development for Teachers of Mathematics: Getting There from Here
Pythagorean Triples and Calculator Table Functions

 

Teaching Mathematics with a Focus on Learning , 1995 PCTM Yearbook (61 pages)

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Constructivist Suggestions for Teaching the Other 's
Determining the Mass of an Animal by its Footprint
A Parable on Conics
Where Assessment Leads
MCMSTEEM­A Mathematics Content and Manipulative Skills Test for Elementary Education Majors
Counting College Enrollments in Pennsylvania: A Statistical Activity for the Classroom
Some Interesting Properties of Tessellations
Exploring Geometric Solids
Getting Better All the Time: Effective Professional Development for Teachers of Mathematics
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo and the Conchoid of Nichomedes

 

Mathematics for All Students, 1994 PCTM Yearbook (98 pages)

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Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers and the Standards
Understanding Change: Lessons on the Road to a New Mathematics Textbook
Search and Rescue: A Search for Success
Mathematics Education is Changing. Why? Will Mathematics Students Still Achieve Traditional Curriculum Objectives?
Mathematics for All Students: Encouraging Girls and Minorities
Mathematics for All: Mastery in Middle School Mathematics through Flexible Grouping
Using Pattern Blocks to Teach Adding Mixed Numbers
Developing Problem-Solving Skills in Today's Students: A Necessity for Our Future
The Return of Halley's Comet? I Thought That That Only Happened Once Every Seventy-Six Years or So.
Algebra for Everyone...More than a change in Enrollment Patterns
Comparing High School Graduate Totals: Exploratory Data Analysis for the Classroom
Going the Distance: Interpreting Data


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