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From the comfort of home by Wilburne, Jane M.

“…This department publishes brief news articles, announcements, and guest editorials on current mathematics education issues that stimulate the interest of TCM…”
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Teaching Self-Regulated Learning Strategies to Low-Achieving Fourth-Grade Students to Enhance Their Perseverance in Mathematical Problem Solving by Wilburne, Jane M, Dause, Emily

“…This study's purpose was to determine the effect of instruction in self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies on low-achieving fourth-grade students'…”
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Connecting the “Missing Words” to the Common Core by Wilburne, Jane M, Kulbacki, Ashley

“…A sixth-grade teacher's word task uncovers higher-level thinking and engages her students in the Standards for Mathematical Practice…”
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Classroom Strategies to Make Sense and Persevere by Wilburne, Jane M, Wildmann, Tara, Morret, Michael, Stipanovic, Julie

“…A group of middle school teachers found that four strategies are effective when helping their students work through problems with understanding…”
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Medieval times by Wilburne, Jane M.

“…Wilburne presents several Mathematical problems set in the context of the Medieval period, which is good for elementary students…”
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Using a Before-During-After Model to Plan Effective Secondary Mathematics Lessons by Wilburne, Jane Murphy, Peterson, Winnie

“…Creating effective mathematics lessons can be a challenge for any teacher. One approach to design an effective lesson is using a before-during-after (BDA)…”
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Addressing Cultural Bias by Wilburne, Jane M., Marinak, Barbara A., Strickland, Martha J.

“…The language and context of many word problems may be familiar to US students who speak English, but they are often unfamiliar to the ever-growing population…”
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Addressing Cultural Bias--Reflect and Discuss by Wilburne, Jane M, Marinak, Barbara A, Strickland, Martha J

“…Students who have difficulty reading, understanding, and solving word problems because of cultural and linguistic differences present challenges to teachers…”
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Preparing Preservice Elementary School Teachers to Teach Problem Solving by Wilburne, Jane M.

“…Wilburne discusses ways teachers can teach problem solving skills in mathematics to their students. Research shows that elementary school students' lack of…”
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Journeying into Mathematics through Storybooks: A Kindergarten Story by Wilburne, Jane Murphy, Napoli, Mary, Keat, Jane B, Dile, Kimberly, Trout, Michelle, Decker, Suzan

“…This article describes a lesson study project that explored the impact of using storybooks to teach mathematics in three kindergarten classrooms. The study…”
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Chewing (on) Gum by Wilburne, Jane

“…Elementary school teachers have access to a new problem each month, along with suggested instructional notes. Teachers are asked to use the problem in their…”
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Classroom Elections by Wilburne, Jane

“…Each month, elementary teachers receive a problem, along with suggested instructional notes and often a student activity sheet. Teachers are to use the problem…”
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Where's the math? by Wilburne, Jane

“…The Scarecrow problem is presented. The problems in the Fall Festival Fun activity engage students in simple permutations along with finding the probability of…”
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Fall Festival Fun by Wilburne, Jane

“…Wonderful opportunities to engage students in enjoying the beauty and products of the season, autumn celebrations are also ripe with themes for various…”
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Firefighters to the Rescue by Wilburne, Jane

“…These problems are situated in the context of firefighting to promote problem solving and critical thinking…”
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TCM–Your Go-to Resource for Rich Tasks by Wilburne, Jane M.

“…Readers share news about happenings in the field of elementary school mathematics education, views on matters pertaining to teaching and learning mathematics…”
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Math by the Month: Grocery shopping math by Wilburne, Jane

“…Shopping at the grocery store presents many opportunities to problem solve. Let's take a trip to the store and use different strategies to solve the following…”
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Grocery shopping math by Wilburne, Jane

“…Wilburne formulates several mathematical problems on shopping at the grocery store. Those problems, such as helping one to determine which snack to buy, are…”
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Mathematics teachers' implementation of high‐leverage teaching practices: A Q‐sort study by Wilburne, Jane, Polly, Drew, Franz, Dana, Wagstaff, David A.

“…This paper presents the results of a Q‐sort activity in which 38 grades 4–10 mathematics teachers reflected on their classroom teaching and ranked a set of…”
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Math by the Month: Medieval Times by Wilburne, Jane M.

“…Journey back in time with us to the Medieval Period, also known as the Middle Ages , where this month we solve math problems set in contexts such as castles,…”
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