Teaching Mathematics Using Popular Culture

Strategies for Common Core Instruction from Film and Television

Elana Reiser (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7706-7 (ISBN)

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Mathematics teachers often struggle to motivate their students. One way to cultivate and maintain student interest is for teachers to incorporate popular media into their methodology. This book explores maths concepts featured in contemporary films and television shows and offers numerous examples high school maths teachers can use to design lessons using pop culture references.

Mathematics teachers often struggle to motivate their students. One way to cultivate and maintain student interest is for teachers to incorporate popular media into their methodology. Organized on the subject strands of the Common Core, this book explores math concepts featured in contemporary films and television shows and offers numerous examples high school math teachers can use to design lessons using pop culture references. Outlines for lessons are provided along with background stories and historical references.

Elana Reiser teaches mathematics at St. Joseph’s College on Long Island. She lives in Selden, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Language and Content Advisory

Solutions Explainedviii

Preface

Introduction: The Theory of Visual Media in the Mathematics Classroom

One: Common Core State Standards Initiative

Two: Number and Quantity

Three: Algebra

Four: Functions

Five: Modeling

Six: Geometry

Seven: Statistics and Probability

Eight: Outside the Classroom

Appendix A: The Euclidean Algorithm

Appendix B: Selected Solutions

Appendix C: Game Theory

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2015
Zusatzinfo	44 illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	0-7864-7706-7 / 0786477067
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7706-7 / 9780786477067
Zustand	Neuware