Winning the Math Homework Challenge (eBook)

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 creator of The Algebra Game, a hands-on multi-level algebra program that allows students to work together in cooperative groups or individually to identify the algebra relationships and patterns within the each topic and to connect concepts across the topics.

ForewordPrefaceIntroductionDefinition SectionA Rose Is Still a Rose - Other Terms to See Math DifferentlySome Other Ways to “See” Math Visual-Spatial and Auditory-SequentialKeep in MindLearning Styles, Learning Networks, and Learning Intelligences Learning StylesLearning NetworksLearning IntelligencesLearning Preferences through the SensesSeeing Relationships with Your HandsSeeing Patterns with Your ImaginationKeep in MindGPS of Reading MathStraight Line Left-to-Right and Right-to-LeftAround Left-to-right Then ReversedTop-to-Bottom and Bottom-to-TopDiagonal Left-to-Right and Diagonal Right-to-LeftEye-Tracking CombinationsKeep in MindOrganization SectionAssessments and the Visual-Spatial ChildVisual-Spatial and TestingShow Your WorkKeep in MindWhat You See Is What You SayEyesight That a Good Pair of Eyeglasses Will HelpEyesight That May Need More Than a Good Pair of EyeglassesMental Sight That a Good Imagination Can HelpHow to Capitalize on What Your Child Does SeeA Different Way to See Math “Facts”Seeing Fractions with Pictures – Or NotKeep in MindFinding Your Math Jigsaw Strengths Multiply with Base Ten Blocks JigsawEarly Stages for Smaller PuzzlesFinal Assembly of the Two-Digit Jigsaw PuzzleDifferent Multiplication Table JigsawsWord Problem JigsawsKeep in MindMath Avoiders Are Still HereStress of SuccessPremature PrecisionShame ShacklesOnly-One-Right-Answer-or-Method Myth Six Things the Math Aficionado Knows That the Math Avoider Doesn’t KnowKeep in MindMath Aficionados at WorkSpelunking for PatternsPredictable Changes Create PatternsDoubling Sides – Doubling Areas? Not So FastVolume Follows SuitKeep in MindInsight Is an Inside JobHands-On InsightMath Abstractions Too SoonThe Squares Have It Statistics and SquaresWhat’s In a Square Root?Squares To Cubes And…Keep in MindConnectionsMathematics of LookingMath Relationships as Seen Through a Photographer’s EyesBalanceAngle and ShapeVanishing Point ProportionPatterns of RepetitionBen’s Engaging ViewKeep in MindMathematics of MovingFeeling the Math in Dance MovementsThe Beat of ProportionSports Angles and BasketsSports Fields and Angles Keep in MindMathematics of Building Building Blocks for Shape FormRatios for StairsRoof Pitch, Ratios, and AnglesA Pythagorean TunnelKeep in MindColor-CodingBrainstorming Webs and Other OrganizersUse the Tools of MathTop Five Do ListKeep in MindGlossaryReferences