Download or read book Developing Essential Understanding of Functions for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 9 12 written by Thomas J. Cooney and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are sequences functions? Why can’t the popular “vertical line test” be applied in some cases to determine if a relation is a function? How does the idea of rate of change connect with simpler ideas about proportionality as well as more advanced topics in calculus? How much do you know… and how much do you need to know? Helping your high school students develop a robust understanding of functions requires that you understand mathematics deeply. But what does that mean? This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about functions. It is organised around five big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas-essential understandings. Taking you beyond a simple introduction to functions, this book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students and teachers. It will help you engage your students, anticipate their perplexities, avoid pitfalls and dispel misconceptions. You will also learn to develop appropriate tasks, techniques and tools for assessing students’ understanding of the topic. Focus on the ideas that you need to understand thoroughly to teach confidently.

Download or read book Good Questions for Math Teaching written by Lainie Schuster and published by Math Solutions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good Questions" - or open-ended questions - promote students' mathematical thinking, understanding, and proficiency. By asking careful, purposeful questions, teachers create dynamic learning environments, help students make sense of math, and unravel misconceptions. This valuable book includes a wide variety of good questions for classroom use and offers teachers tips on how to createopen-ended questions of their own.

Download or read book Strengths Based Teaching and Learning in Mathematics written by Beth McCord Kobett and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a game changer! Strengths-Based Teaching and Learning in Mathematics: 5 Teaching Turnarounds for Grades K- 6 goes beyond simply providing information by sharing a pathway for changing practice. . . Focusing on our students’ strengths should be routine and can be lost in the day-to-day teaching demands. A teacher using these approaches can change the trajectory of students’ lives forever. All teachers need this resource! Connie S. Schrock Emporia State University National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics President, 2017-2019 NEW COVID RESOURCES ADDED: A Parent’s Toolkit to Strengths-Based Learning in Math is now available on the book’s companion website to support families engaged in math learning at home. This toolkit provides a variety of home-based activities and games for families to engage in together. Your game plan for unlocking mathematics by focusing on students’ strengths. We often evaluate student thinking and their work from a deficit point of view, particularly in mathematics, where many teachers have been taught that their role is to diagnose and eradicate students’ misconceptions. But what if instead of focusing on what students don’t know or haven’t mastered, we identify their mathematical strengths and build next instructional steps on students’ points of power? Beth McCord Kobett and Karen S. Karp answer this question and others by highlighting five key teaching turnarounds for improving students’ mathematics learning: identify teaching strengths, discover and leverage students’ strengths, design instruction from a strengths-based perspective, help students identify their points of power, and promote strengths in the school community and at home. Each chapter provides opportunities to stop and consider current practice, reflect, and transfer practice while also sharing · Downloadable resources, activities, and tools · Examples of student work within Grades K–6 · Real teachers’ notes and reflections for discussion It’s time to turn around our approach to mathematics instruction, end deficit thinking, and nurture each student’s mathematical strengths by emphasizing what makes them each unique and powerful.

Download or read book Teaching Mathematics 5 to 9 written by Edith Ethel Biggs and published by McGraw-Hill Book Company Limited. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book FTCE Middle Grades Mathematics 5 9 written by Sharon A. Wynne and published by Xamonline.com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other teacher certification test preparation material, our FTCE Middle Grades Math study guide drills all the way down to the focus statement level, providing detailed examples of the range, type, and level of content that appear on the test. Completely aligned with current FTCE exam, this book provides the support you need to study and pass the exam with confidence! This study guide includes one practice test to help you test your knowledge, understand how the exam is weighted, and identify skills and competencies you need to focus on. Our detailed answer explanations reference related skills in the book, allowing you to identify your strengths and weaknesses and interact with the content effectively. Maximize your study by prioritizing domains and skills you need to focus on the most to pass the exam. This study guide is perfect for college students, teachers, and career-changing professionals who want to teach Middle Grades Math in Florida.

Download or read book Teaching Math at a Distance Grades K 12 written by Theresa Wills and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Rich Math Instruction Come to Life Online In an age when distance learning has become part of the "new normal," educators know that rich remote math teaching involves more than direct instruction, online videos, and endless practice problems on virtual worksheets. Using both personal experience and those of teachers in real K-12 online classrooms, distance learning mathematics veteran Theresa Wills translates all we know about research-based, equitable, rigorous face-to-face mathematics instruction into an online venue. This powerful guide equips math teachers to: Build students’ agency, identity, and strong math communities Promote mathematical thinking, collaboration, and discourse Incorporate rich mathematics tasks and assign meaningful homework and practice Facilitate engaging online math instruction using virtual manipulatives and other concrete learning tools Recognize and address equity and inclusion challenges associated with distance learning Assess mathematics learning from a distance With examples across the grades, links to tutorials and templates, and space to reflect and plan, Teaching Math at a Distance offers the support, clarity, and inspiration needed to guide teachers through teaching math remotely without sacrificing deep learning and academic growth.

Download or read book FTCE Middle Grades Math 5 9 Practice Test 1 written by Sharon A. Wynne and published by Ftce. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to teach? Don't let a certification exam delay your career. Practice for the real exam with this 40 question and 3 constructed response practice test that covers the core content found on the FTCE Middle Grades Math 5-9 teacher certification exam.

Download or read book Helping Children Learn Mathematics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results from national and international assessments indicate that school children in the United States are not learning mathematics well enough. Many students cannot correctly apply computational algorithms to solve problems. Their understanding and use of decimals and fractions are especially weak. Indeed, helping all children succeed in mathematics is an imperative national goal. However, for our youth to succeed, we need to change how we're teaching this discipline. Helping Children Learn Mathematics provides comprehensive and reliable information that will guide efforts to improve school mathematics from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The authors explain the five strands of mathematical proficiency and discuss the major changes that need to be made in mathematics instruction, instructional materials, assessments, teacher education, and the broader educational system and answers some of the frequently asked questions when it comes to mathematics instruction. The book concludes by providing recommended actions for parents and caregivers, teachers, administrators, and policy makers, stressing the importance that everyone work together to ensure a mathematically literate society.

Download or read book FTCE Middle Grades Math 5 9 Practice Test 2 written by Sharon A. Wynne and published by Ftce. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to teach? Don't let a certification exam delay your career. Practice for the real exam with this 40 question and 3 constructed response practice test that covers the core content found on the FTCE Middle Grades Math 5-9 teacher certification exam.

Download or read book FTCE Middle Grades Mathematics 5 9 Exam written by Educational Testing Group and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practice test includes 320 multiple choice questions about FTCE Middle Grades Mathematics 5-9 Exam. The test has been carefully developed to assist you to pass your actual test. It will help you prepare for and pass your exam on the first attempt but it does not include any study guide. The book focuses only on carefully selected practice questions. Four main topics; ARITHMETIC, ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY and STATISTICS are covered in this test. Arithmetic questions focus on; #9642 Ratios, rates and proportions #9642 Percents and units #9642 Radical equations #9642 Exponents #9642 Solving linear equations and inequalities #9642 Linear equation word problems Algebra questions focus on; #9642 Functions #9642 Scatterplots #9642 Graphing Linear Equations #9642 Ratios & Proportions #9642 Operations with Rational Expressions #9642 Operations with Polynomilas #9642 Quadratic Equations #9642 Structure in Expressions #9642 Systems of Equations #9642 Linear & Quadratic Systems Geometry questions focus on; #9642 Angles & Triangles #9642 Congruence & Similarity #9642 Right Triangles #9642 Volume #9642 Circles Statistics questions focus on; #9642 Table Data & Probability #9642 Statistics & Data Inferences The answers of the questions are given at the end of each section but the book does NOT include the solutions of the questions.

Download or read book 2017 FTCE Middle Grades Math 5 9 025 written by Sharon A. Wynne and published by Xamonline. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other teacher certification test preparation material, our FTCE Middle Grades Math study guide drills all the way down to the focus statement level, providing detailed examples of the range, type, and level of content that appear on the test. Completely aligned with current FTCE exam, this book provides the support you need to study and pass the exam with confidence! This study guide includes one practice test to help you test your knowledge, understand how the exam is weighted, and identify skills and competencies you need to focus on. Our detailed answer explanations reference related skills in the book, allowing you to identify your strengths and weaknesses and interact with the content effectively. Maximize your study by prioritizing domains and skills you need to focus on the most to pass the exam. This study guide is perfect for college students, teachers, and career-changing professionals who want to teach Middle Grades Math in Florida.

Download or read book FTCE Middle Grades Mathematics 5 9 2nd Edition written by Kathleen Jasper Ed D and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers all competencies of the FTCE Middle Grades Mathematics 5-9. There are 10 practice problems with detailed answer explanations after each competency. Also included are 3 FULL-LENGTH practice test (75 questions each) with detailed answer explanations. There are over 500 practice problems in this book.

Download or read book Every Math Learner Grades K 5 written by Nanci N. Smith and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiation that shifts your instruction and boosts ALL student learning! Nationally recognized math differentiation expert Nanci Smith debunks the myths surrounding differentiated instruction, revealing a practical approach to real learning differences. Theory-lite and practice-heavy, this book provides a concrete and manageable framework for helping all students know, understand, and even enjoy doing mathematics. Busy K-5 mathematics educators learn to Provide practical structures for assessing how students learn and process mathematical concepts Design, implement, manage, and formatively assess and respond to learning in a standards-aligned differentiated classroom; and Adjust current instructional materials to better meet students' needs Includes classroom videos and a companion website.

Download or read book Math Lessons for a Living Education written by Angela O'Dell and published by Master Books. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Level 5, Grade 5: Scope and sequence includes factoring, improper fractions, common and uncommon denominators, and multiplying decimals. [[Teach math lessons through the creative means of a life story [[Provide 36 weeks of instruction based on skill levels rather than grade levels [[Guide students by the use of inexpensive manipulatives, including index cards, dried beans, and construction paper!

Download or read book The Imperfect and Unfinished Math Teacher Grades K 12 written by Chase Orton and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The system won’t do it for us. But we have each other. In The Imperfect and Unfinished Math Teacher: A Journey to Reclaim Our Professional Growth, master storyteller Chase Orton offers a vulnerable and courageous grassroots guide that leads K-12 math teachers through a journey to cultivate a more equitable, inclusive, and cohesive culture of professionalism for themselves...what he calls professional flourishment. The book builds from two bold premises. First, that as educators, we are all naturally imperfect and unfinished, and growth should be our constant goal. Second, that the last 40 years of top-down PD efforts in mathematics have rarely supplied teachers with what they need to equitably grow their practice and foster classrooms that are likewise empowered, inclusive, and cohesive. With gentle humanity, this book inspires teachers to break down silos, observe each others’ classrooms, interrogate their own biases, and put students at the center of everything they do in the math classroom. This book: Weaves raw and authentic stories—both personal and those from other educators—into a relatable and validating narrative Offers interactive opportunities to self-reflect, build relationships, seek new vantage on our teaching by observing others’ classrooms and students, and share and listen to other’s stories and experiences Asks teachers to give and accept grace as they work collaboratively to better themselves and the system from within, so that they can truly serve each of their students authentically and equitably Implementing the beliefs and actions in this book will position teachers to become more active partners in each other’s professional growth so that they can navigate the obstacles in their professional landscape with renewed focus and a greater sense of individual and collective efficacy. It equips teachers—and by extension, their students—to chart their own course and author their own equitable and joyful mathematical and professional stories.

Download or read book Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching High School written by Edward C. Nolan and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop a deep understanding of mathematics by grasping the context and purpose behind various strategies. This user-friendly resource presents high school teachers with a logical progression of pedagogical actions, classroom norms, and collaborative teacher team efforts to increase their knowledge and improve mathematics instruction. Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach significant mathematics concepts and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to achieve academic success. Combine student understanding of functions and algebraic concepts so that they can better decipher the world. Benefits Dig deep into mathematical modeling and reasoning to improve as both a learner and teacher of mathematics. Explore how to develop, select, or modify mathematics tasks in order to balance cognitive demand and engage students. Discover the three important norms to uphold in all mathematics classrooms. Learn to apply the tasks, questioning, and evidence (TQE) process to ensure mathematics instruction is focused, coherent, and rigorous. Gain clarity about the most productive progression of mathematical teaching and learning for high school. Watch short videos that show what classrooms that are developing mathematical understanding should look like. Contents Introduction Equations and Functions Structure of Equations Geometry Types of Functions Function Modeling Statistics and Probability Epilogue: Next Steps Appendix: Weight Loss Study Data References Index

Download or read book Learning to Love Math written by Judy Willis and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a way to get students to love math? Dr. Judy Willis responds with an emphatic yes in this informative guide to getting better results in math class. Tapping into abundant research on how the brain works, Willis presents a practical approach for how we can improve academic results by demonstrating certain behaviors and teaching students in a way that minimizes negativity. With a straightforward and accessible style, Willis shares the knowledge and experience she has gained through her dual careers as a math teacher and a neurologist. In addition to learning basic brain anatomy and function, readers will learn how to * Improve deep-seated negative attitudes toward math. * Plan lessons with the goal of "achievable challenge" in mind. * Reduce mistake anxiety with techniques such as errorless math and estimation. * Teach to different individual learning strengths and skill levels. * Spark motivation. * Relate math to students' personal interests and goals. * Support students in setting short-term and long-term goals. * Convince students that they can change their intelligence. With dozens of strategies teachers can use right now, Learning to Love Math puts the power of research directly into the hands of educators. A Brain Owner's Manual, which dives deeper into the structure and function of the brain, is also included—providing a clear explanation of how memories are formed and how skills are learned. With informed teachers guiding them, students will discover that they can build a better brain . . . and learn to love math!