The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for Teaching School Mathematics (1989) stresses that "communication plays an important role in helping children construct links between their informal, intuitive notions and the abstract language and symbolism of mathematics...". The emphasis on math has changed from solvi

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (April 2000)

ng equations to solving real life problems and writing about how the solution is found. A fifth grade teacher wrote an article in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, about how she implemented math journals in her classroom. She would have her students work in groups to find an answer and then each child would describe the process in his or her math journal. She said, "The writing helps ensure that the student understands the problem solving process and how much math is used in everyday life." This is my goal as an educator.

I feel that with the hands-on philosophy of teaching mathematics that I have, journaling will allow me to feel comfortable letting the students explore without me showing them concepts. I will be able to give them an activity and then at the end of class, I will pose a question or a problem for them to work that will let me che

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