Communication and Creativity in the Math Classroom

Non-Traditional Activities and Strategies that Stress Life Skills

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Whether you are a new or an experienced teacher, Communication and Creativity in the Math Classroom provides you with classroom-tested activities and ideas which are motivating, engaging, and meaningful to students. Traditional textbooks commonly feature conventional, un-engaging, and somewhat boring problems and activities. Communication and Creativity in the Math Classroom provides you with activities and ideas which stress life skills such as communicating more effectively, being creative, analyzing a variety of problems, following directions, and working cooperatively with others. These skills are very valuable but are rarely addressed in the traditional math curriculum. The materials and ideas in this book allow you to interject these skills into your daily lessons while covering various mathematical topics. Many of the easily reproducible activities can be used as assessments; consequently, suggested scoring rubrics are included as well as helpful strategies and observations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-12-03
Mått152 x 228 x 9 mm
Vikt150 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor96
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475806922

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PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Let’s Begin at the BeginningUnusual EquationsThree of a Kind Palindrome PuzzlerFamous StructuresHow Observant Are You?Miscellaneous Brain TeasersChapter 2: Can We Talk? You and MeDo I Have to Draw You a Picture?Joy RideOh, Say Can You SeeLady Liberty and MeTalking BaseballTo Serve a ServingTroublesome Technology Is Love Transitive? Student PresentationsDo It Up FrontRemember?Engaging Questions/CommentsChapter 3: Let’s Create CreativityA Picture is Worth a Thousand PointsI Am a Geometric FigureI Am a NumberOnce Upon a Time Game Time Chapter 3.14: Happy Pi DayOverviewMaterials and ActivitiesChapter 4: In Search Of…Geometry Scavenger HuntNumber Scavenger HuntTransformation Treasure Trek Chapter 5: But Wait! There’s Still MoreLinguini Lines Word ChainsYour Guess Is As Good As MineEmergency FolderRandom StudentsTake Me Out to The Ball GameThe Equation of a LineIt’s a Sine of the TimesConclusion AppendixAnswers to Selected Exercises

Nick Rinaldi is a teacher that knows teachers. Ideas are great, actions are better. His book Communication and Creativity in the Math Classroom, provides teachers with resources that are ready-made for the classroom that can be of immediate use whether the teacher is in their first year or has decades under their belt. He also knows students; they are active participants in their learning with these activities and strategies, which can be easily used and adapted to courses other than mathematics. Having used many of these lesson ideas in my own classes, I can attest that they are engaging, creative and have real benefits to the classroom environment. I highly recommend this compilation for teachers of all experience levels.