Catheryne Draper

Spatial Sense Makes Math Sense

How Parents Can Help Their Children Learn Both

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Produktbeschreibung

Parents will learn how to further develop and improve their child's spatial sense using visual-spatial strategies of classifying, drawing diagrams, big idea concept building, visualizing, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781475834284
• ISBN-10: 1475834284
• Artikelnr.: 48895319

Autorenporträt

Catheryne Draper has been learning from her students for over half a century of teaching, supervising the math program in a school district, advising math education at the state level, coaching math in schools, and presenting math workshops for teachers. She is the author of The Algebra Game, a hands-on multi-deck algebra program in four topics covering Linear Graphs, Quadratic Equations, Conic Sections, and Trig Functions that allows students to work together in cooperative groups, or individually, to identify the algebra relationships and patterns in the each topic. In addition to contributing many published articles, Draper is also the author of Winning the Math Homework Challenge: Insights for Parents To See Math Differently, User-Friendly Math for Parents: Learning and Understanding the Language of Numbers is Key, and How the Math Gets Done: Why Parents Don't Need to Worry About New vs. Old Math.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Definition 1. A
Perspective on Spatial Sense Permission to Move Freely Compositions and
Decompositions of Shapes Symmetry Is Spatial, Not One-Half Keep in Mind 2.
The Vocabulary Clues Are in the Words Prefix Power for Polygons and
Polyhedra Vocabulary Ancestry Keep in Mind 3. Sorting and Classifying the
Symbols of Space Arrangement-Driven Vocabulary Measurement-Driven
Vocabulary Mixing the Arrangements and Measurements for Names Keep in Mind
Part II. Organization 4. Ribbons, Rolls, and Rulers for the First Dimension
Transitioning from Zero Dimension to One Dimension The Rolls of
Circumferences and Perimeters Diagonals, Diameters, Radii (Radians), and
More Straight Pieces Heights, Altitudes, Apothems, and Legs Keep in Mind 5.
Angle Swings and Area Squares in Flatland Angles Are at the Entry Gate to
Flatland Areas as Spatial Arrangements Permission to Surround and Rearrange
Shapes to Find Areas Keep in Mind 6. Stack and Pour to Fill Volume in
Spaceland Polyhedra Nets Make Three Dimensions From Two Dimensions Surface
Areas, Polyhedra Nets, and Orange Peels Fill 'er Up for Volume Keep in Mind
Part III. Relationships and Patterns 7. Similarity and Congruence
Similarity Allows Stretching and Shrinking Congruence, Transformations, and
Tessellations Symmetry as a Matter of Congruence Keep in Mind 8. Special
Spatial, Yet Irrational, Patterns Pi , ¿, and 3.141592654... - From
Archimedes to Supercomputers Phi , f, and 1.618... - Beauty in the Golden
Ratio The Limit of e and 2.71826... - A Curious Number with Curious Cousins
Eccentricity e - A Circle Decider Keep in Mind 9. Shape Changes and
Patterns Same Perimeters, Same Areas, Different Polygons Similar Shapes and
Side Changes Predict Areas and Perimeters Dots, Vertices, Spaces, and Faces
Keep in Mind Part IV. Connections 10. The Influential Right Triangle
Shadows, Right Triangles, and Proportions The Pythagorean Theorem: A
Relationship of Sides Trigonometry: A Relationship Between Sides and Angles
Keep in Mind 11. A Circle's Nobility Angles and Triangles Under Circle
Control Circle Relationships and Algebra Transformations Return of the
Apothems for Polygon Areas Diameters, Diagonals, and Ratios Revisited Keep
in Mind 12. From Figures to Scale Models, Then on to Calculus Connections
Shapes As Figured Numbers and Algebra Written Geometry Through Keeping
Records Triangulation, Scale Models, and Similar Triangles A Gentle
Connection to Calculus Keep in Mind Conclusion: What Parents Can Do The
Best Strategy is a Team Strategy A Visual-Spatial Parent and Child Story
Support Your Child's Strengths Four Possible Math Profiles to Consider Keep
in Mind Glossary References About the Author