Invigorate instruction and engage students with this updated treasure trove of 114 ready-to-use techniques compiled by two of the greatest minds in mathematics.
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"Written to appeal to all mathematics teachers. Teachers who are struggling with introducing these topical ideas will find the book is written in such a way as to facilitate their understanding of the topics. The language is easy to understand and the book is very user friendly. In addition, those teachers who have a sound grasp of these key concepts can find fresh ideas for teaching old concepts presented in a manner that is intellectual in design.” (Journal of School Improvement, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2002 )
"A 'must' for any who wish for more proven classroom practices. From geometry to algebra, teachers will find it packed with ideas." (California Bookwatch, September 2006 )
"Written to appeal to all mathematics teachers. Teachers who are struggling with introducing these topical ideas will find the book is written in such a way as to facilitate their understanding of the topics. The language is easy to understand and the book is very user friendly. In addition, those teachers who have a sound grasp of these key concepts can find fresh ideas for teaching old concepts presented in a manner that is intellectual in design.” (Journal of School Improvement, Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 2002 )
"A 'must' for any who wish for more proven classroom practices. From geometry to algebra, teachers will find it packed with ideas." (California Bookwatch, September 2006 )
About the Author
Alfred S. Posamentier is professor of mathematics education and dean of the School of Education at the City College of the City University of New York. He has authored and co-authored several resource books in mathematics education for Corwin Press.
Herbert A. Hauptman is a world-renowned mathematician who pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry. For this work he was recipient of the 1985 Nobel Price in chemistry. With this book Dr. Hauptman brings his highly sophisticated knowledge of mathematics and his many years of exploration in higher mathematics to the advantage of secondary school audience.
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Alfred S. Posamentier (River Vale, NJ) is the dean of the School of Education and professor of mathematics education at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. He was formerly the dean of the School of Education and professor of mathematics education at the City College of New York. He has published over forty-five books in the area of mathematics and mathematics education, including The Pythagorean Theorem: The Story of Its Power and Beauty; Math Charmers: Tantalizing Tidbits for the Mind; and (with Ingmar Lehmann) Mathematical Amazements and Surprises; The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers; and Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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Great resource for teaching the underlying logic of math,
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This review is from: 101 Great Ideas for Introducing Key Concepts in Mathematics: A Resource for Secondary School Teachers (Paperback)
This book is an excellent resource for any math teacher. Rather than focusing on the simple rules and procedures of mathematics, this book brings to light the underlying principles of why many mathematical procedures exist in the first place. I personally use this book when I want to kick my teaching up a notch and really delve into higher order thinking. I used insights from this book to get my kids to discover why math works the way it does. It is great.
One small caveat: this book is not particularly well organized in ready-to-use lesson plan format. Most of the ideas in this book need to be worked with to develop full-blown lessons. But the ideas are good enough that this is not too hard to do.
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Packed with ideas.,
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This review is from: 101+ Great Ideas for Introducing Key Concepts in Mathematics: A Resource for Secondary School Teachers (Paperback)
The updated second edition of 101+ Great Ideas for Introducing Key Concepts in Mathematics: A Resource for Secondary school Teachers is a 'must' for any who wish more proven classroom practices. Over a hundred strategies for teaching math are arranged by subject matter, with each listing identifying objectives, materials, and procedures. Both hands-on and computer-based approaches are detailed, with plenty of lessons and examples throughout. This comes form a mathematician/professor and a math pioneer and Nobel Prize recipient: from geometry to algebra, teachers will find it packed with ideas.
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Some of the ideas in this book I found a tad confusing but there are quite a few great analogies and tricks to make remembering math concepts easier for students. I reccommend this book for any secondary math teacher.
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Procedure: Typically, a discussion of the product of two negative numbers follows a discussion of the product of a negative number and a positive number (which may be shown as the multiple addition of a negative number or by some other convenient method). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Geometer's Sketchpad, New York, Algebra Idea, Geometry Idea, Let's Make, Monty Hall, Other Topics Idea, Triangle Objective, Using Concentric Circles, Constructing Tangents, Ellipse Objective, Hyperbola Objective, Advanced Euclidean Geometry, Alternate Approach, Derivation of the Lain of Sines, Dynamic Geometry, Summands Summands New!
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Procedure: Typically, a discussion of the product of two negative numbers follows a discussion of the product of a negative number and a positive number (which may be shown as the multiple addition of a negative number or by some other convenient method). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Geometer's Sketchpad, New York, Algebra Idea, Geometry Idea, Let's Make, Monty Hall, Other Topics Idea, Triangle Objective, Using Concentric Circles, Constructing Tangents, Ellipse Objective, Hyperbola Objective, Advanced Euclidean Geometry, Alternate Approach, Derivation of the Lain of Sines, Dynamic Geometry, Summands Summands New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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- Advanced Euclidean Geometry by Alfred S. Posamentier on page 96, and page 196
- Fallacies in Mathematics by E. A. Maxwell on page 35, and page 39
- Challenging Problems in Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Alfred S. Posamentier on page 141, and page 196
- Men of Mathematics (Touchstone Books) by E.T. Bell on page 48
- Ask Marilyn by Marilyn Vos Savant on page 228
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