Elana Reiser

Teaching Mathematics Using Popular Culture

Strategies for Common Core Instruction from Film and Television

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mathematics teachers often struggle to motivate their students. One way to cultivate and maintain student interest is for teachers to incorporate popular media into their methodology. Organized on the subject strands of the Common Core, this book explores math concepts featured in contemporary films and television shows and offers numerous examples high school math teachers can use to design lessons using pop culture references. Outlines for lessons are provided along with background stories and historical references.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780786477067
• ISBN-10: 0786477067
• Artikelnr.: 42372538

Autorenporträt

Elana Reiser teaches mathematics at St. Joseph's College on Long Island. She lives in Selden, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Language and Content Advisory
Solutions Explained viii
Preface
Introduction: The Theory of Visual Media in the Mathematics Classroom
One: Common Core State Standards Initiative
Two: Number and Quantity
Three: Algebra
Four: Functions
Five: Modeling
Six: Geometry
Seven: Statistics and Probability
Eight: Outside the Classroom
Appendix A: The Euclidean Algorithm
Appendix B: Selected Solutions
Appendix C: Game Theory
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index