Materials in this book include a description of the principles of good teaching and a detailed discussion of the role of readiness skills. Also found are specific directions for the order and methods that are useful in teaching multiplication facts and suggestions for linking mathematics to the real world of students with word problems. This book is a collection of fifty number puzzles designed to provide experiences in problem solving and thinking skills for students in grades 7 through 12. Each puzzle consists of a sequence of ten clues about an unknown number. Students use deductive reasoning to discover the answer using the fewest clues possible.
Primary emphasis is on problem-solving strategies and thinking skills.
This student workbook, developed for grades 6 and 7, contains performance activities on such topics as percentages, classification, probability, and data representation. Designed to teach students how to approach and solve problems that require them to read, write, and speak about mathematics, performance problems require students to explain the reasoning behind their solutions. This book contains problems designed to allow the student to see the practicality and fun of mathematics. Problems include investigating angles in billiard table geometry, finding numerical palindromes, and using Origami to demonstrate geometric theorems. Included for each activity are teacher notes that contain information helpful to students' understanding of the activity and solutions to all problems.