Full Description
Experiencing Mathematics: Activities to Engage the High School Student is the result of the collaborative effort of nine Adolescent Young Adult (AYA) National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in mathematics. This student edition is a compilation of successful activities that prompt high school students to explore, conjecture, and reflect on their mathematical adventures—thus "experience" mathematics. The relevant nature of the activities will motivate students to pursue their investigations with vigor and take the intellectual risk necessary to construct knowledge and improve problem-solving competence.
This book provides student activities grouped in algebra, geometry, and algebra 2 sections that parallel the traditional sequencing in major texts. Through activity design, students are lead through an inductive inquiry in which they conjecture, formulate, and test ideas and concepts. This inductive student-centered approach to learning will not only excite students but also increase student effort.
Contents
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Algebra 1
Chapter 4 Properties of Real Numbers
Chapter 5 Combining Like Terms
Chapter 6 Solving Linear Equations
Chapter 7 Graphing Linear Functions
Chapter 8 Writing Linear Equations
Chapter 9 Inequalities
Chapter 10 Systems of Linear Equations
Chapter 11 Exponents
Chapter 12 Quadratics
Chapter 13 Factoring Polynomials
Chapter 14 Radicals
Part 15 Geometry
Chapter 16 Angles Classification and Measure
Chapter 17 Reasoning and Proof
Chapter 18 Parallel Lines
Chapter 19 Congruent Polygons
Chapter 20 Triangle Segments
Chapter 21 Quadrilaterals
Chapter 22 Transformations
Chapter 23 Similar Items
Chapter 24 Similarity
Chapter 25 Right Triangle Trigonometry
Chapter 26 Circles
Chapter 27 Areas of Polygons/Surface Area/Volume
Chapter 28 Surface Area of a Sphere
Part 29 Algebra 2
Chapter 30 Linear Functions
Chapter 31 Pieceware Functions
Chapter 32 Matrices and Determinants
Chapter 33 Quadratic Functions
Chapter 34 Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
Chapter 35 Powers and Radicals
Chapter 36 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 37 Conic Sections
Chapter 38 Sequences and Series
Chapter 39 Probability and Statistics
