Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2004
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2004
Articles include: * Test Scores: What Can They Tell Us? * On the Road With Math * Storyline * Darwin's Journals, and yours
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2003
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2003
Articles include: * Teachers as Educational Designers * What's in a Model? * Launching Students' Curiosity * Afterschool Time
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2003
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2003
Articles include: * Mars by Mouse * Schools, Families, and Math * Eyes to the Future * Investigating Online Learning
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2002
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2002
Articles include: * Visualizing a Statistical World * The Reality of Virtual Learning * VideoPapers * Standards-Based Mathematics Curricula: What Do Students Learn?
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2002
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2002
Articles include: * Watching Grass Grow: Biology Explorations Online * The Revolution in Earth Science Education * Exploring Earth * Creating Better Lessons: Building Stronger Professionals
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2001
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2001
Articles include: * Understanding Diversity in Science and Mathematics * Bay Odyans: Argumentation in Haitian Creole Classrooms * Extending Mathematical Power: It's Not Just Kid Stuff * Karen in Motion * The Logic of Everyday Languages
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2001
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2001
Articles include: * Staying the Course: A Commitment to Inquiry-Based Learning * Algebra in the Early Grades? * Re-Opening the Science Door, * Collaborative Inquiry Uses Data to Get Results * Children's Way with Words
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2000
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2000
Articles include: * Cultivating a Culture of Inquiry * Base x Height: The Transformation of a Rectangle * Astrobiology: The Final Frontier of Science Education * Assessment: Educate or Audit?
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2000
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2000
Articles include: * Lost in Space: A Real Science Story * Viewpoint: Where's the Balance in Math Instruction? * EarthKAM Around the World * Facing Equity: Facing Ourselves
Cartwheeling in CamMotion
Cartwheeling in CamMotion
by Scott Bresnahan, Ted Ducas, and Andee Rubin Hands On! Volume 17, No. 2, Fall 1994 (c) TERC, 1994. All rights reserved. To many students, mathematics has only tenuous connections to their everyday lives and personal concerns. In recognition of this, current educational reform emphasizes that teachers should adopt curriculum activities that “connect mathematics to students’ lives.” But what kinds of activities might these be? How can students’ concerns be effectively integrated into mathematics instruction?  » Read more