Communication and Creativity in the Math Classroom: Non-Traditional Activities and Strategies that Stress Life Skills
Autor Nicholas J. Rinaldien Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 dec 2013
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781475806922
ISBN-10: 1475806922
Pagini: 83
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția R&L Education
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1475806922
Pagini: 83
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția R&L Education
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Let's Begin at the Beginning
Unusual 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 Creativity
A Picture is Worth a Thousand PointsI Am a Geometric FigureI Am a NumberOnce Upon a Time Game Time Chapter 3.14: Happy Pi Day
OverviewMaterials and ActivitiesChapter 4: In Search Of.
Geometry Scavenger HuntNumber Scavenger HuntTransformation Treasure Trek Chapter 5: But Wait! There's Still More
Linguini 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
Appendix
Answers to Selected Exercises
Introduction
Chapter 1: Let's Begin at the Beginning
Unusual 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 Creativity
A Picture is Worth a Thousand PointsI Am a Geometric FigureI Am a NumberOnce Upon a Time Game Time Chapter 3.14: Happy Pi Day
OverviewMaterials and ActivitiesChapter 4: In Search Of.
Geometry Scavenger HuntNumber Scavenger HuntTransformation Treasure Trek Chapter 5: But Wait! There's Still More
Linguini 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
Appendix
Answers to Selected Exercises
Recenzii
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.
Nick Rinaldi shares the many lesson ideas that he has used successfully and shared with colleagues over his tenure both as a math teacher and math department chairman. The activities that focus on communication actively involve the students in communicating with a partner, small group or entire class. Learning is enhanced by these activities which can be adapted for a wide variety of lesson topics. Rubrics are included so that the students can appreciate what is important in communicating a mathematical concept or skill. The creative activities spark the student's interest. This approach reaches out to the varied learning styles of the students. This is a valuable resource for every math teacher.
The typical math classroom has students sitting at desks lined up in rows with few opportunities to interact with each other. This is unfortunate because in the 'real world,' communication and creativity take place in the context of a team of people working together to solve problems. Nick Rinaldi's latest book provides a wealth of activities, all classroom tested, to get students talking with each other in fun and creative ways and learning mathematics at the same time!
Nick Rinaldi shares the many lesson ideas that he has used successfully and shared with colleagues over his tenure both as a math teacher and math department chairman. The activities that focus on communication actively involve the students in communicating with a partner, small group or entire class. Learning is enhanced by these activities which can be adapted for a wide variety of lesson topics. Rubrics are included so that the students can appreciate what is important in communicating a mathematical concept or skill. The creative activities spark the student's interest. This approach reaches out to the varied learning styles of the students. This is a valuable resource for every math teacher.
The typical math classroom has students sitting at desks lined up in rows with few opportunities to interact with each other. This is unfortunate because in the 'real world,' communication and creativity take place in the context of a team of people working together to solve problems. Nick Rinaldi's latest book provides a wealth of activities, all classroom tested, to get students talking with each other in fun and creative ways and learning mathematics at the same time!