Career Math: Teaching Real-World Math Skills and Concepts, Grades 5-8, Teacher's Edition - Softcover

Hope Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596471255 ISBN 13: 9781596471252

Publisher: Good Year Books, 2008

Synopsis

By Hope Martin. Any teacher who has heard students ask "When are we ever going to use this?" will appreciate this collection of math activities based on the work done in food preparation, medicine, meteorology, personal fitness, and the zoo. Teacher pages set up full instructions for 34 activities driven by reproducible student handouts and correlated to NCTM standards. A workbook containing all the handouts allows teachers to conveniently collect a students work. Grades 5-8. Bibliography. Suggested resources. Answer keys with full solutions. Illustrated. 8½ x 11; Good Year Books. 154 pages. 2008. GDY431.

About this title

About the Author

Hope Martin is an innovative mathematics teacher with over 40 years of experience. Having worked with children in elementary, middle school, and high school, and with teachers in local universities, she is currently a private consultant facilitating workshops across the United States and Canada. Hope, who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, began her teaching career in Skokie, Illinois and obtained her Masters Degree in Mathematics Education from Northeastern Illinois University. Hope s personal experiences and knowledge of educational learning theories have convinced her that students learn mathematics more effectively when they are active participants and see its relevance to their own lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Good Year Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596471255
• ISBN 13: 9781596471252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164