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Improving Middle School Teachers' Reasoning about Proportional Reasoning

Charles S. Thompson, William S. Bush

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Article describes a professional development project to increase teachers' understanding of proportional reasoning, the thinking patterns associated with proportional reasoning, and the applications of proportional reasoning across the middle-grades curriculum.

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Article describes a professional development project to increase teachers' understanding of proportional reasoning, the thinking patterns associated with proportional reasoning, and the applications of proportional reasoning across the middle-grades curriculum.

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Article describes a professional development project to increase teachers' understanding of proportional reasoning, the thinking patterns associated with proportional reasoning, and the applications of proportional reasoning across the middle-grades curriculum.

Key concepts: Proportional reasoning, Mathematics education, Abstract reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Curriculum, Qualitative reasoning, Logical reasoning, Mathematics curriculum

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