Mr. Barnes has several students who speak Spanish in his class and who are from a variety of countries in Latin America. When trying to teach percentages, he brings into class some recent figures from the U.S. census on how many people speak more than one language at home. In teaching the math principles, Mr. Barnes also uses Spanish words for percent, percentage, and fraction in addition to the
English terms. By incorporating these techniques in his instruction on percentages, Mr. Barnes is doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Using applied mathematics.
B) Using data about other cultures to illustrate mathematical concepts.
C) Using the language of students in instruction.
D) Using a cross-curricular strategy to teach his students both math and Spanish.
D
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