Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 6

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

ISBN 10: 087353607X / ISBN 13: 9780873536073

Published by Natl Council of Teachers of, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 6
• Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers of
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087353607X
• ISBN 13: 9780873536073
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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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.