Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 6 - Softcover

Thompson, Denisse R.; Battista, Michael T.; Mayberry, Sally; Yeatts, Karol L.; Zawojewski, Judith S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087353607X ISBN 13: 9780873536073

Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers of, 2009

Synopsis

Problem solving and reasoning are students' processes of actively applying what they know to new problems from diverse areas of mathematics. Knowing a variety of mathematical ideas is insufficient unless students can draw on, integrate, and use them to solve challenging, complex problems. The Navigating through Problem Solving and Reasoning books for grades 3-6 present hands-on investigations that nurture reasoning and problem-solving strategies in each of the upper elementary grades. In lively and challenging investigations for grade 6, students have opportunities to reason about parts of a whole, analyze patterns of growth, discover area formulas for familiar shapes, explore scale factors and similar figures, and analyze a set of data to solve a real-world problem: how to arrange competitors in teams for an athletic festival. Students apply mathematical ideas from the five main content areas -- number, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis. As they work, they infer, generalize, reason by analogy, recognize relationships, and make representations, and they also predict, check, and revise and verify their results. Includes a supplemental CD-ROM that features applets for students' use and resources for teachers' professional development.

About this edition

• Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers of
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 087353607X
• ISBN 13: 9780873536073
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126