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Title: Model It! Designing a Gingerbread House Community
Language: English
Authors: Dionne Cross Francis, Serife Sevinc, Ayfer Eker Karakaya, Verily Tan
Source: Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12. 2024 117(1):17-23.
Availability: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-9840; Fax: 703-476-2570; e-mail: publicationsdept@nctm.org; Web site: https://pubs.nctm.org/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Design Crafts, Design Requirements, Site Development, Cooperative Planning, Science Process Skills, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
DOI: 10.5951/MTLT.2023.0060
ISSN: 0025-5769
2330-0582
Abstract: Providing students with opportunities to build, and test and revise ideas, can help them develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. In this article, the authors describe how core measurement and geometry concepts were embedded within a "Model It!" task. They replicate an industry-based, interdisciplinary problem, but only focus on the mathematical ideas here. Twenty-six Algebra 1 students worked on organizing gingerbread houses within a community and designing the path and operation of a mini-trolley tour. Starting work on these tasks required that students keep the task specifications in mind. With guidance from their teacher, the students sub-divided their modeling work into creating three designs: (1) trolley path design, (2) gingerbread community design, and (3) a two-dimensional (2D) model of the gingerbread community to fit the resort ballroom.
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