Teaching Mathematics Through Games
Published on 30. July 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4704-6284-0 (ISBN)
Description
Active engagement is the key to learning. You want your students doing something that stimulates them to ask questions and creates a need to know. Teaching Mathematics Through Games presents a variety of classroom-tested exercises and activities that provoke the active learning and curiosity that you hope to promote. These games run the gamut from well-known favorites like SET and Settlers of Catan to original games involving simulating structural inequality in New York or playing Battleship with functions.
The book contains activities suitable for a wide variety of college mathematics courses, including general education courses, math for elementary education, probability, calculus, linear algebra, history of math, and proof-based mathematics. Some chapter activities are short term, such as a drop-in lesson for a day, and some are longer, including semester-long projects. All have been tested, refined, and include extensive implementation notes.
The book contains activities suitable for a wide variety of college mathematics courses, including general education courses, math for elementary education, probability, calculus, linear algebra, history of math, and proof-based mathematics. Some chapter activities are short term, such as a drop-in lesson for a day, and some are longer, including semester-long projects. All have been tested, refined, and include extensive implementation notes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Providence
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4704-6284-0 (9781470462840)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Mindy Capaldi, Valparaiso University, IN.
Content
A. Brandt, Tic-tac-whoa!
A. Glesser and M. Rathbun, Using micro robots to develop mathematical thinking
V. Y. Lim, Game changers: Building quantitative literacy by simulating structural inequality
A. Harsy, K. Holmes, S. Kaschner, and M. Meyer, Teaching probability using dice and RiskR
A. Harsy, K. Holmes, S. Kaschner, and M. Meyer, Counting your winnings at the casino
A. Montgomery, Probabilitly problems from the Arkham Horror card game
J. Bartz, Risk it all or play it safe? Exploring probability through Farkle
J. Heidenreich, Function Battleship
C. Latulippe, Numeration Systems Sudoku
M. Martinez, Set theory games with apples to apples cards
F. Alayont and D. Clark, Learning graph theory by designing games
T. Davis, L. Grimley, K. Ince, G. Karaali, B. Kostadinov, and R. Soto, From puzzles to proof-writing: Exploring rich mathematical ideas through mechanical puzzles
K. Blyman and M. Meyer, Mathematical communication games: Telestrations in the mathematics classroom
T. Goldberg, Game, SET, algebra!
J. Austin, B. Kronenthal, and S. Molitoris Miller, Off to a good start: Using mathematics to evaluate settlement locations in Catan
M. P. Allocca and J. F. Vasquez, Bandits on a wall
M. Capaldi and T. DeRolf, Get in the 'Sonne: Using Carcassone to explore mathematics
A. Glesser and M. Rathbun, Using micro robots to develop mathematical thinking
V. Y. Lim, Game changers: Building quantitative literacy by simulating structural inequality
A. Harsy, K. Holmes, S. Kaschner, and M. Meyer, Teaching probability using dice and RiskR
A. Harsy, K. Holmes, S. Kaschner, and M. Meyer, Counting your winnings at the casino
A. Montgomery, Probabilitly problems from the Arkham Horror card game
J. Bartz, Risk it all or play it safe? Exploring probability through Farkle
J. Heidenreich, Function Battleship
C. Latulippe, Numeration Systems Sudoku
M. Martinez, Set theory games with apples to apples cards
F. Alayont and D. Clark, Learning graph theory by designing games
T. Davis, L. Grimley, K. Ince, G. Karaali, B. Kostadinov, and R. Soto, From puzzles to proof-writing: Exploring rich mathematical ideas through mechanical puzzles
K. Blyman and M. Meyer, Mathematical communication games: Telestrations in the mathematics classroom
T. Goldberg, Game, SET, algebra!
J. Austin, B. Kronenthal, and S. Molitoris Miller, Off to a good start: Using mathematics to evaluate settlement locations in Catan
M. P. Allocca and J. F. Vasquez, Bandits on a wall
M. Capaldi and T. DeRolf, Get in the 'Sonne: Using Carcassone to explore mathematics