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Making Math Connections

Hope Martin
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cooperative learning
curriculum
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everyday math
forensics
geometry
math
math lessons
math units
mathematical
mathematics
measurement
national council of teachers of mathematics
NCTM standards
physics
problem based
problem solving
project based
real-world explanation
Skylight
tessellations

Product details

  • ISBN 9781412937658
  • Weight: 740g
  • Dimensions: 215 x 279mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Sep 2006
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

"Making Math Connections integrates mathematics into a variety of subject areas and real-life settings, providing motivation for students to want to learn the material being presented. The book also uses a variety of activities to promote learning for students with different interests and learning styles."
-Steven P. Isaak, Mathematics Teacher
Advanced Technologies Academy, Las Vegas, NV

Spark student learning by making an authentic connection between math and real-life experiences!

Students often fail to make the connection between "school math" and their everyday lives, becoming passive recipients of isolated, memorized rules and formulas. This remarkable new resource will help students become active problem-solvers who see mathematics as a meaningful tool that can be used outside the classroom.

Hope Martin applies more than 40 years of teaching experience to developing a myriad of high-interest, meaningful math investigations. Using a teacher-friendly format, she shows educators how to integrate into the math curriculum engaging, everyday topics, such as forensics, natural disasters, tessellations, the stock market, and literature.

This project-based resource encourages cooperative, interactive learning experiences that not only help students make connections between various math skills but also make important connections to the real world. Aligned to NCTM standards, these mathematical applications are broken down into complete units focusing on different topics. Each chapter includes:

  • Background information on the topic
  • Step-by-step procedures for math investigations
  • Assessment strategies
  • Journal questions
  • Reproducible worksheets
  • Additional related readings and Internet Web sites

By increasing their awareness of meaningful everyday applications, students will learn to use math as an essential tool in their daily lives.
About Hope Martin
Hope Martin is an innovative mathematics teacher with over 40 years of experience. Having worked with children in elementary, middle school, and high school, and with teachers in local universities, she is currently a private consultant facilitating workshops across the United States and Canada. Hope, who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, began her teaching career in Skokie, Illinois and obtained her Masters Degree in Mathematics Education from Northeastern Illinois University. Hope’s personal experiences and knowledge of educational learning theories have convinced her that students learn mathematics more effectively when they are active participants and see its relevance to their own lives.

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