Puzzled by Math!: Using Puzzles to Teach Math Skills (Activities for Advanced Learning)

Caldwell-Landsittel, Trish

ISBN 10: 159363028X / ISBN 13: 9781593630287

Published by Prufrock Press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Puzzled by Math!: Using Puzzles to Teach Math Skills (Activities for Advanced Learning)
• Publisher: Prufrock Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159363028X
• ISBN 13: 9781593630287
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Puzzled by Math! offers a collection of mathematical equations, knowledge, and skills in puzzle form. Gifted and advanced learners will enjoy solving the math problems on all four sides of the squares to fit the pieces of each puzzle together. The self-paced, independent activities found in this activity book provide students the opportunity to progress at their own pace to acquire and practice increasingly more difficult math skills. Standards-based content addresses addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and algebra. Thirty-five exciting and challenging puzzles are included, as well as suggestions for using the material as a classroom learning center.

Other books that make math fun for kids include Extreme Math, It's Alive!, and It's Alive! And Kicking!

About the Author

Trish Caldwell-Landsittel is a gifted intervention specialist for Southwest Licking School District in Ohio. After spending 17 years in the field of social work, she decided to change careers and become a teacher. She received her master's degree in education from Muskingum College and has been an educator for more than 10 years. Caldwell-Landsittel enjoys writing about a variety of subjects—anything from educational matters to personal adventures.