Model It! Designing a Gingerbread House Community
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| Title: | Model It! Designing a Gingerbread House Community |
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| 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. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1415706 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| 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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| ISSN: | 0025-5769 2330-0582 |
| DOI: | 10.5951/MTLT.2023.0060 |
