Establishing Equations and Encountering Elves

Authors

  • Kendra Maree DeWater Miami University of Ohio

Abstract

The author explores a problem about a team desiring to mount an attack on the North Pole. The problem offers interesting constraints that requires students to seek out patterns, set up scenarios, and find general forms. While working through the problem, the author explores ways in which problems of this sort foster student mathematical growth.

References

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National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers (2010). Common core state standards for mathematics. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice/

Stevenson, F. W. (1992). Twenty computer-assisted explorations. In Guilford College. Dept. of Mathematics (Eds.), Monographs in Undergraduate Mathematics (2nd ed., Vol. 9, pp. 117 - 164). Greensboro, NC: Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics, Guilford College, Department of Mathematics.

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Published

2017-10-01

How to Cite

DeWater, K. M. (2017). Establishing Equations and Encountering Elves. Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 77(1). Retrieved from https://ohiomathjournal.org/index.php/OJSM/article/view/5964

Issue

Vol. 77: Fall 2017

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Copyright (c) 2017 Kendra Maree DeWater