Awesome math : teaching mathematics with problem based learning / / Titu Andreescu, Kathy Cordeiro and Alina Andreescu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795374303321
• Autore: Andreescu Titu <1956-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 1-119-57570-2; 1-119-57571-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Disciplina: 370
• Soggetti: Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary); Problem-based learning; Education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Rewards for problem-based approach : range, rigor, and resilience -- Maximize learning : relevance, authenticity, and usefulness -- Creating a math learning environment -- What is the telos? -- Gains and pains with a problem-based curriculum -- Five steps to problem-based learning -- The three C's : competitions, collaboration, community -- Mini-units.
• Sommario/riassunto: Awesome Math builds on the popular growth mindset by focusing on team-based problem solving. Applying a problem-solving approach to the education process develops the skills necessary to think critically, creatively, and collaboratively. This book will help teachers and educators form lifelong communities for their students that will expose them to the collaborators they can network with in the future. Students need to move beyond the calculus trap and study the areas of mathematics most of them will need in the modern world and problem solving is an efficient vehicle to get them where they need to go. The book will cover: curiosity; critical thinking, and creativity; getting into the mathemize mindset; coaching mathletes and thinkers; math as a team sport; developing a community through problem solving; creating lesson plans; identifying and developing resources.