{"id":3374,"date":"2024-01-09T21:15:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T21:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/w2-read-respond-turner-strawhun-2007-posing-problems-that-matter-investigating-school-overcrowding\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T21:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T21:15:32","slug":"w2-read-respond-turner-strawhun-2007-posing-problems-that-matter-investigating-school-overcrowding","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/w2-read-respond-turner-strawhun-2007-posing-problems-that-matter-investigating-school-overcrowding\/","title":{"rendered":"W2 Read &#038; Respond: Turner &#038; Strawhun (2007) Posing Problems that Matter: Investigating School Overcrowding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In this assignment, you&#8217;ll read about students using mathematics to analyze problems and advocate for change.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Engaging students in activities like these is one way teachers make math meaningful to students. As you read, think both about the mathematical content and about the more general lessons for math teaching and learning.<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(1) Read&nbsp;<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Read the following chapter in which students use mathematics to investigate whether their school is overcrowded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-id=\"114039768\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uw.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/1694886\/files\/114039768\" data-canvas-previewable=\"true\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Turner, E. E., &amp; Strawhun, B. T. F. (2007). Posing problems that matter: Investigating school overcrowding.&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Teaching Children Mathematics<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">13<\/i>(9), 457-463.<\/span><\/a>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Actions<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(2) Submit to Canvas<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/span>Respond to the following prompts in writing (approximately 1\/2 page) or in an audio\/video recording:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Share at least one big idea or example from the reading that struck you, for whatever reason &#8211; it raised questions, it resonated with your own experiences, it inspired you, etc. Explain<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">why<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the idea\/example struck you as important. In your explanation, make an &#8220;explicit connection&#8221; to the&nbsp;reading by providing a quote or describing a specific example from the reading in detail.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">We use &#8220;ratios&#8221; to analyze overcrowding, because overcrowding isn&#8217;t just about how many people there are, it&#8217;s about the ratio between the number of people and the size of the space they&#8217;re in. (For example, 15 people would feel crowded in an elevator, but not in Husky Stadium.) Describe an area of your life when you use ratios. If you&#8217;re unsure, that&#8217;s okay &#8211; share your tentative ideas!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this assignment, you&#8217;ll read about students using mathematics to analyze problems and advocate for change.&nbsp;Engaging students in activities like these is one way teachers make math meaningful to students. As you read, think both about the mathematical content and about the more general lessons for math teaching and learning. 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