Active Learning in the Mathematics Classroom, Grades 5-8

by Hope Martin

• ISBN13: 9781412949781
• ISBN10: 1412949785
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-26
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This revised edition of Multiple Intelligences in the Mathematics Classroom provides ready-to-use lessons aligned with NCTM content standards to help students gain meaningful understandings of key mathematical concepts.

Table of Contents

Preface: How the Chapters Are Organized	p. vii
Acknowldgments	p. xiii
About the Author	p. xv
Alignment With NCTM Standards	p. xvi
Investigations: Estimation, Large Numbers, and Numeration	p. 1
$1,000,000 Long	p. 6
How Many Strides to Walk Around the Earth?	p. 9
Rectangles and Factors	p. 13
Venn Diagrams: LCM and GCF	p. 16
Dessert for a Crowd	p. 20
5 x 5 Puzzle Cents	p. 24
Chocolate Chip Cookies	p. 28
Music and Fractions	p. 31
Mathematical Palindromes	p. 36
Active Algebra	p. 43
Patterns, Patterns, Patterns	p. 47
Algebra Jokes	p. 54
The M&M's Mystery	p. 59
Algebra Match	p. 63
Inequality Number Line Match	p. 67
Mind Reading or Algebra?	p. 71
Geometry; Our Mathematical Window to the World	p. 77
Folding a Tangram	p. 82
Making a Tangram Quilt	p. 87
Pentominoes	p. 92
Open-Top Boxes	p. 97
Explorations With Cereal Boxes	p. 100
The Painted Cube	p. 104
Cubes That Grow	p. 107
The Measure of Mathematics	p. 111
Just How Big Is the Statue of Liberty?	p. 116
Gummi Worms	p. 121
What Happened 1,000,000 Seconds Ago?	p. 125
How Long Would It Take to Walk to China-Through the Center of the Earth?	p. 128
Height Versus Shoe Length	p. 131
EggsCetera	p. 135
Data Collection and Probability	p. 141
Super Survey	p. 146
What Is Your Favorite Subject?	p. 151
Stars of the NBA	p. 157
Dice and Probability	p. 166
Is This Game Fair?	p. 173
Dinosaurs and Probability	p. 180
Resource: Interactive Web Sites to Make Math-Technology Connections	p. 185
References	p. 187
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