Teacher to Teacher: Writing Mathematics

Abstract

Two years ago I found myself teaching a seventh-grade mathematics class. Many of the students were two or more years behind the rest of the seventh grade in this subject, and most lacked either self-discipline or motivation to learn in any class, especially a mathematics class. I was challenged to find any way ro interest these students in participating. I attempted to create unusual instructional activities to involve this group of students. The following describe a successful unit used with this class.