Dice activities for mathematical thinking : fluency, understanding, engagement

Título
Dice activities for mathematical thinking : fluency, understanding, engagement

Mary Saltus

Resumen
"Challenge and empower your students to become mathematical thinkers with this new book. The activities encourage students to manipulate numbers mentally as they develop fluency with square numbers, square roots, prime numbers, factorials, summations, negative numbers, and integers. Watch your students' curiosity and confidence grow as they tackle the mathematical problems posed by these engaging dice games. Activities start with partner work designed for teams of two and move on to independent explorations of classic problems using dice or mental math. The activities address the NCTM content standards of Number and Operations, Algebra and Probability while also addressing the process standards of Reasoning and Problem solving." -- (p.4) of cover.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2010

Descripción física
ix, 124 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contenido
Part 1" Dice Activities -- Introduction -- Meeting the NCTM Standards -- Concepts -- Square Number Chart 1-144 -- Prime Number Chart 1-100 -- Die/Dice Graph Activities -- Table Completion Chart Activities -- Four in a Row Activities -- Square Off Activities -- Cross Over Activities -- Tic-Tac-Toe/Four-Grid Tic-Tac-Toe Activities -- Aim For Activities -- Part 2: Independent Exploration Activities: Introduction to Independent Explorations -- Generating Equations-Getting Started -- Math Log -- Explorations Using a Random Set of Numbers -- Explorations Using a Specific Set of Numbers -- Possible Solutions to Specific Sets of Numbers Activities.

Término de la materia
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary).
 
Dice.
 
Manipulatives (Education)

Autor añadido
Delani, Chet

Síntesis
"Challenge and empower your students to become mathematical thinkers with this new book. The activities encourage students to manipulate numbers mentally as they develop fluency with square numbers, square roots, prime numbers, factorials, summations, negative numbers, and integers. Watch your students' curiosity and confidence grow as they tackle the mathematical problems posed by these engaging dice games. Activities start with partner work designed for teams of two and move on to independent explorations of classic problems using dice or mental math. The activities address the NCTM content standards of Number and Operations, Algebra and Probability while also addressing the process standards of Reasoning and Problem solving." -- (p.4) of cover.

ISBN
9781583243268

Información de publicación
Rowley, MA : Didax, 2010.


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