Facilitator's Guide to Ways to Think About Mathematics
November 2004 | 144 pages | Corwin
This Facilitator's Guide will provide staff developers, perservice educators, and math department chairs with all the necessary tools to provide high-quality staff development in secondary mathematics.
This guide and the accompanying CD-ROM contain:
] commentary on the activities
} pedagogical suggestions (materials sequencing, promoting active participation, adapting to the needs of particular teachers)
} vrious solution strategies
} adional reading and problems tied to the content of the main text
} sample solutions for all problems and discussion questions
Introduction: Notes to the Facilitator
1. What is Mathematical Investigation?
2. Dissections and Area
3. Linearity and Proportional Reasoning
4. Pythagoras and Cousins
5. Pascal's Revenge: Combinatorial Algebra