Math Teacher's Toolbox (eBook)

How to Teach Math to Teenagers and Survive

Nicholas J. Rinaldi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
100 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-4758-0355-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Whether you are a new or an experienced math teacher, The Math Teachers' Tool Box provides guidance and serves as a reference book of topics, ideas, and resources. This book provides teachers with various tools to improve their classroom management skills, to actively involve students in lessons, and as a result, raise their interest level and improve learning. The ideas presented have been classroom-tested over many years and can be used in virtually any middle or high school classroom.

Autor

Nicholas J. Rinaldi has more than four decades of experience teaching mathematics at the high school level. He has also taught “Math Strategies in Secondary Education,” a university graduate course in education for students preparing to be math teachers at the secondary or middle school levels.

Inhalt

IntroductionChapter 1:On Your Marks, Get Set…Establishing ExpectationsCourse DescriptionGetting off to a good startChapter 2: Put Me In Coach…Getting Students Actively Involved OverviewChapter 3:Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines…Opening of Class ActivitiesOverviewProblems to introduce the next lessonProblems to review a previous lesson ‘Real world’ math problemsHoliday problemsSAT prep questionsBrain teasersChapter 4:And the Children Shall Lead…Rinaldi’s Routine: Creating a Student-centered ClassroomProcedures and MaterialsRinaldi’s Routine--- Student surveyCooperative Learning---Student SurveyiChapter 5: Eureka…Inquiry Based /Discovery LessonsOverviewChessboard SquaresProperties of ExponentsThe Triangle Angle Sum TheoremFinding the Equation of a Parabola from DataChapter 6: “When Will I Ever Use This?”…Problems in the Student’s WorldOverviewCircle GraphsScale Drawings and MoreMeanest Kid in SchoolChapter 7: He Who Laughs, Lasts…Humor in the ClassroomOverviewMath RiddlesHumorous Story ProblemsMath JokesWacky DefinitionsChapter 8: Calculate This!...Using the Graphing CalculatorOverviewThe Open BoxShortest Path ProblemBones, Bones, BonesiiChapter 9: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Calculator…Writing in a Math Class OverviewAnswer CompletelyRead CarefullyRapid WriteFrom Top to BottomChalk TalkExit Slips Chapter 10: It’s Game Time…Classroom Competitions OverviewStudent SurveyTic-Tac-ToeStation-to-StationBottleneckWho Am I?/What Am I?The Message GameTeam Tournament Chapter 11: All Good Things Must Come to an End…Closing Activities Chapter 12: But Wait! There’s More…Odds and Ends Wait Time The ConsultantProgress ReportNew Year’s ResolutioniiiAssignment Sheets Self EsteemMonster Math Thumbs UpTest TimeConclusion AnswersAppendix

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.4.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-0355-9 / 1475803559
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-0355-6 / 9781475803556