
Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade K
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-119-35760-5 (ISBN)
Description
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques
The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the kindergarten-grade level through visualization, play, and investigation.
During their work with tens of thousands of teachers, authors Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, and Cathy Williams heard the same message--that they want to incorporate more brain science into their math instruction, but they need guidance in the techniques that work best to get across the concepts they needed to teach. So the authors designed Mindset Mathematics around the principle of active student engagement, with tasks that reflect the latest brain science on learning. Open, creative, and visual math tasks have been shown to improve student test scores, and more importantly change their relationship with mathematics and start believing in their own potential. The tasks in Mindset Mathematics reflect the lessons from brain science that:
* There is no such thing as a math person - anyone can learn mathematics to high levels.
* Mistakes, struggle and challenge are the most important times for brain growth.
* Speed is unimportant in mathematics.
* Mathematics is a visual and beautiful subject, and our brains want to think visually about mathematics.
With engaging questions, open-ended tasks, and four-color visuals that will help kids get excited about mathematics, Mindset Mathematics is organized around nine big ideas which emphasize the connections within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and can be used with any current curriculum.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 273 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
696 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-35760-5 (9781119357605)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Jo Boaler | Jen Munson | Cathy Williams
Mindset Mathematics
Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade K
E-Book
08/2020
1st Edition
Wiley
€18.99
Available for download

Jo Boaler | Jen Munson | Cathy Williams
Mindset Mathematics
Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade K
E-Book
08/2020
1st Edition
Wiley
€18.99
Available for download
Content
Introduction
Low-Floor, High-Ceiling Tasks
Youcubed Summer Camp
Memorization versus Conceptual Engagement
Mathematical Thinking, Reasoning, and Convincing
Big Ideas
Structure of the Book
Note on the Structure of Kindergarten
Note on Materials
Big Idea 1: Understanding the physical quantity of number
Visualize: Count a Collection
Play: How Many Do You See?
Investigate: Making a Counting Book
Big Idea 2: Using fingers as numbers
Visualize: Feeling Fingers
Play: Show Me with Your Fingers
Investigate: Hand Mirrors
Big Idea 3: Talking about and making shapes
Visualize: Talking About Shapes
Play: Make a Shape
Investigate: Building Blocks
Big Idea 4: Seeing numbers inside numbers
Visualize: Dot Talks
Play: Snap It!
Investigate: Which is More?
Big Idea 5: Putting numbers together
Visualize: Growing Bigger and Bigger
Play: Roll the Dice
Investigate: Foot Parade
Big Idea 6: Describing and sorting objects
Visualize: Sorting Supplies
Play: Sorting Emojis
Investigate: Sorting Buttons
Big Idea 7: Seeing and making patterns everywhere
Visualize: A World of Patterns
Play: DIY Patterns
Investigate: Kinder Dance Party
Big Idea 8: Stretching counting toward 100
Visualize: Counting Larger Collections
Play: Making a Collection
Investigate: Hundred Chart Patterns
Appendix
Grid paper