Teaching Money Applications to Make Mathematics Meaningful, Grades 7-12

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

AvElizabeth Marquez,Paul Westbrook

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"GREAT content, GREAT activities, GREAT explanations!"—Joyce Deer, Math Teacher, North Pike High School, Summit, MS"A valuable addition to the literature on the practical use of mathematics in the real world. This book will contribute to the improvement of monetary connections within secondary mathematics as well as financial literacy in our country."—Edward C. Nolan, Mathematics Department Chair, Albert Einstein High School, Kensington, MDUse real-life money issues to raise students′ mathematical and financial literacy!Research has solidly established the importance of teaching mathematics in contexts that capture student interest and involvement. Weaving real-world financial issues into secondary mathematics instruction, this highly practical book offers teachers engaging ways to infuse personal money management into NCTM standards–based math lessons. Using authentic material from daily life, the authors illustrate instructional strategies that connect required mathematical concepts with basic money matters, giving students a solid understanding of financial realities essential to successful everyday living. This resource meets the expanding demands for equity and accountability and:Relates math to credit cards, paying taxes, stocks & bonds, mortgages, buying a car, and much moreExpands teachers′ knowledge of basic financial conceptsProvides suggestions for projects to extend the concepts learnedIncludes a math locator, glossary of money terms, comprehensive index, and summary of formulasThis valuable guide gives teachers, math coaches, and curriculum specialists the resources they need to make math come alive in the classroom and to develop financially savvy students.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-07-10
Mått215 x 279 x 11 mm
Vikt570 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor168
FörlagSAGE Publications Inc
ISBN9781412941396

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Elizabeth Marquez is a mathematics assessment specialist at Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey. Elizabeth has more than thirty years of mathematics teaching experience from elementary through graduate school. She is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and the Princeton University Prize for Distinguished Secondary School Teaching. Elizabeth is an author of ETS’s Teacher Assistance Package Guides in Mathematics, the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and Frameworks, Mathematics Standardized Test Prep, and for Eye on Education, with Charlotte Danielson, A Collection of Performance Tasks and Rubrics in Mathematics.Paul Westbrook, CFP, is President of Westbrook Financial Advisers, a fee-only financial and retirement planning firm in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Paul has spoken at financial planning and benefits conferences and has been quoted in Money magazine, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, and Barron’s. He also teaches at the business school at Rutgers University. Paul has written several books: Word Smart for Business, Math Smart for Business, and Business Companion. He also wrote JK Lasser’s New Rules forRetirement and Tax.

Foreword by Charlotte DanielsonIntroductionMath LocatorAbout the Authors1. Cars, Cars, and More Cars: Paying for Your WheelsNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Basics of Buying CarsTeaching Example 1.1. Car CostsTeaching Example 1.2. MPG PlusTeaching Example 1.3. Buy or Lease2. Savings: Reality Check and the Difference Between Needs and WantsNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Basics of SavingsTeaching Example 2.1. Budgets and SavingsTeaching Example 2.2. Future Value: A Geometric SequenceTeaching Example 2.3. Annuities: A Geometric Series3. Credit Cards and Debt Management: Using Credit Seems UnrealNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Basics of Credit and Debit CardsTeaching Example 3.1. Calculating Minimum Monthly PaymentsTeaching Example 3.2. Credit Card Payoff: A Spreadsheet4. Investments: The Basics and MoreNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Basics of InvestmentsTeaching Example 4.1. Stock Prices and PercentsTeaching Example 4.2: Analyzing Graphs of Stock PricesTeaching Example 4.3. Statistics of Stock I: Measures of Center, Standard Deviation, Normal DistributionTeaching Example 4.4. Statistics of Stock II: Weighted Average, Correlation, Line of Best Fit5. Buying a House Versus Renting: How Much Will It Cost?NCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Basics of Buying a House and Renting an ApartmentTeaching Example 5.1. Budgeting for a Down PaymentTeaching Example 5.2. Determining Mortgage Payments: Tables, Formulas, SpreadsheetsTeaching Example 5.3. Principal and Interest Functions6. Taxes: How They WorkNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Basics of Income Taxes--Federal and StateTeaching Example 6.1. Income Tax and FICATeaching Example 6.2. Capital Gains and LossesTeaching Example 6.3. How Uncle Sam Uses Tax Dollars7. Economics: Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDPNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: Economics, Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDPTeaching Example 7.1. Supply and Demand FunctionsTeaching Example 7.2.: Inflation and the GDP8. In Business for Yourself: Business Plan and Break-Even AnalysisNCTM Standards Applied in This ChapterBackground: In Business for Yourself--A Business Plan and Break-Even AnalysisTeaching Example 8.1. Starting a Business: Pro Forma Income StatementTeaching Example 8.2. Revenue, Costs, and Break-Even PointsSelected List of FormulasExcel Spreadsheet HintsMoney GlossaryIndex