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Posamentier, Alfred S.; Schulz, Wolfgang – 1996
This book is designed to give mathematics teachers a host of interesting and useful ideas thereby raising their consciousness level and enabling an enrichment of the mathematics instruction program. The chapters in this book capture a broad spectrum of ideas in the area of mathematics problem solving. Chapters are: (1) "Strategies for Problem…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts
Posamentier, Alfred S. – 2000
This book contains a set of versatile enrichment exercises that cover a very broad range of mathematical topics and applications in pre-algebra from the Moebius strip to the googol. Several criteria have been used in developing the activities and selecting the topics that are included. All of them bear heavily and equally on concerns for…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry
Posamentier, Alfred S.; Krulik, Stephen – 1998
In this book, 10 strategies that are widely used in problem-solving both in mathematics and real-life situations are examined. Approximately 200 problems are selected to illustrate these strategies. Chapters include: (1) Introduction To Problem-Solving Strategies; (2) Working Backwards; (3) Finding a Pattern; (4) Adopting a Different Point of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Posamentier, Alfred S. – 2000
This book contains a set of versatile enrichment exercises that cover a very broad range of mathematical topics and applications in algebra from the Moebius strip to the googol. Several criteria have been used in developing the activities and selecting the topics that are included. All of them bear heavily and equally on concerns for curriculum…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Secondary Education, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Activities
Posamentier, Alfred S. – 2003
This book offers ideas to enrich instruction and help teachers explore the intrinsic beauty of math. Through dozens of examples from arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and probability, the symmetries, patterns, processes, paradoxes, and surprises that have facilitated generations of great thinkers are revealed. Activities include: (1) The Beauty in…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry
Direct linkWall, Edward S.; Posamentier, Alfred S. – Corwin Press, 2006
This easy-to-navigate guide offers research-based teaching strategies for introducing prekindergarten and elementary school students to the content and skills recommended by the NCTM principles and standards for mathematics. Using the popular format of the "What Successful Teachers Do" books, the authors present 47 dynamic learning activities,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Probability, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Students
