Mickey Kolis, Cassandra Meinholz

Brainball

Teaching Inquiry Math as a Team Sport

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Produktbeschreibung

Brainball attempts to provide a foundation for doing inquiry as well as lesson plans to enact that process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781475845143
• ISBN-10: 1475845146
• Artikelnr.: 52641062

Autorenporträt

Mickey Kolis is the author of eight books and a veteran public school teacher; he is currently a university professor. Making learning relevant is his highest professional aspiration. Cassandra Meinholz has taught high school mathematics since 2008. She currently teaches and lives in Fall Creek, Wisconsin with her husband and two sons.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Section 1: Brainball (Math Edition)
- Why Social Studies Matter Chapter 1: Brainball (Math Edition) - The Point
of the Game is Learning Chapter 2: The Big Ideas: Product, Process, and
Community aligned with Purpose Chapter 3: Brainball (Math Edition) Beliefs
(Dispositions) Chapter 4: Brainball (Math Edition) Key Knowledge Categories
Chapter 5: Brainball (Math Edition) Skills Section 2: Preparing to Coach
the Game Chapter 6: Tip 1: Keep the End-in-Mind Chapter 7: Tip 2: Play the
Game Chapter 8: Tip 3: Competitions as Evaluations Chapter 9: Tip 4:
Sequences matter Chapter 10: Tip 5: Explicit Communications Section 3:
Day-to-Day Lesson Plans: Brainball Illuminated Chapter 11: Algebra: Lesson
1: Cups challenge Lesson 2: Observations Lesson 3: Dependent vs Independent
Variables Lesson 4: Writing Problem Statements Lesson 5: Picking Problem
Statements Lesson 6: Statistical Investigation Lesson 7: Gathering
Information: Linear Models Lesson 8: Gathering More Information: Residuals
Lesson 9: Gathering More Information: Go Least Squares Regression Line
Lesson 10: Gathering More Information: Residual Plots Lesson 11: Gathering
More Information: Correlation Coefficient Lesson 12: Gathering More
Information: Association Doesn't Imply Causation Lesson 13: Gathering More
Information: Correlation Coefficient Squared Lesson 14: Team Assessment
Lesson 15: Individual Assessment: Barbie Bungee Chapter 12: A Geometry
Example Conclusion Appendices Appendix A: Cups Challenge Team Role Cards
Appendix B: Team Role Cards Appendix C: Correlation Stations Directions
Appendix D: Association Toolkit Appendix E: Independent and Dependent
Variables Matching Cards Appendix F: Team Project Scoring Guide Appendix G:
Observations Handout Appendix H: Idea Evaluator Appendix I: Colors Activity
Data Table Appendix J: Lines of Best Fit Examples Appendix K: You are What
you Eat Appendix L: Fortune Cookie Questions Appendix M: Go Crickets!
Handout Appendix N: Olympics Handout Appendix O: Scatter Plot and Residual
Plot Matching Cards Appendix P: Correlation Coefficient Matching Cards
Appendix Q: Correlation Coefficient Activity Appendix R: Arm Span vs Height
Activity Handout Appendix S: The Barbie Bungee Drop Handout Appendix T:
Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge Role Cards Appendix U: Quadrilateral
Toolkit