Effective teaching is largely reliant on the teacher’s ability to capture the genuine interest of the students for the material to be taught. This naturally rests on the planning that the teacher exerts in preparation for the lesson. Perhaps the single most important aspect of any lesson is the beginning of the lesson where the teacher must motivate the students for the ensuing lesson. This can be done in many ways and is also largely measure a function of the teacher’s personality and voice. Studies have shown that what a teacher says accounts for 7% of the effectiveness package, the tone of the teacher’s voice and the enthusiasm accounts for 38%, and the “body language” accounts for 55%. Teachers should be entertaining, without ever losing control of the lesson, and yet not be completely scripted to prevent accommodation to the quirks of any class. Yet even the finest style of presentation – an important part of any teaching performance – can only offer a portion of the overall effectiveness. The content of what is said is paramount! This then leads us into the theme of the book, namely, the techniques that can be used to motivate students in the first few minutes of almost any lesson in mathematics. This could be the most difficult part of a lesson to plan. It requires a modicum of creativity and yet it pays back by enabling a successful lesson. It is a very worthwhile investment of time.

The Art of Motivating Students for Mathematics Instruction

Education & Teaching

Krulik, Stephen

POSAMENTIER, ALFRED

Schools & Teaching

McGraw–Hill Education

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Teachers

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rudnick, Jesse A.

Psychology & Counseling

Allyn&Bacon

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Elementary School Teachers

Science & Math

Mathematics

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Senior High School Teachers

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Senior High School Teachers

Pearson College Div

Aimed at in-service elementary teachers to help develop a problem solving and reasoning approach to teaching classroom activities. It conforms to all the latest NCTM standards for math education. There are over 200 problems worked out and discussed.

Reasoning and Problem Solving: A Handbook for Elementary School Teachers

The growing emphasis on developing the mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills of young students makes this an ideal resource for elementary school teachers. It provides new and seasoned teachers with classroom-tested, hands-on materials, including over 200 reproducibles and black-line masters as well as practical suggestions for practice, evaluation and diagnostic assessment of reasoning and problem solving skills. The book is logically organized Ñ by first providing an overview of key concepts and basic suggestions for getting the most success out of what is offered. Classroom-ready activities are organized according to the five stages of the heuristic process. Answers are provided to all problems, including effective strategies for accepting and evaluating answers to open-ended problems. Elementary Teachers and Administrators. A Longwood Professional Book.

New Sourcebook for Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving in Elementary Schools, The

B&gt; From the best-selling series of problem-solving books comes this invaluable hands-on resource for secondary school teachers. It's a two-fold tool that lets teachers first educate themselves about teaching and evaluating reasoning and problem solving and then to quickly introduce reasoning and problem solving challenges to their students. Packed with classroom-tested, hands-on materials Ñ including over 200 reproducible pages and black-line masters Ñ plus practical ready-to-use suggestions for practice, evaluation, and diagnostic assessment of reasoning and problem-solving skills, this is the ideal tool for ensuring problem-solving success. Math teachers in grades 6-12. A Longwood Professional Book.

New Sourcebook for Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving in Junior and Senior High School, The

In more and more schools, students are now being assessed not only on traditional (algorithmic and computational) math skills, but also on how-and how well-they handle reasoning and problem solving. However, until now, these additional skills have been difficult to assess in an objective, accurate and efficient way. But not any more. This book's "comprehensive assessment" approach includes the traditional paper-and-pencil tests plus relatively new ways (e.g., portfolios, journals, observations, interviews, projects, performance tasks, rubrics) to assess what students know about math, and how they reason, solve problems and communicate about it. This unique new handbook provides everything teachers need-background information, problems for various grade levels, detailed answers, forms, teaching suggestions-to assess students throughout the semester or at any time...easily, accurately and effectively! Elementary school teachers.

Assessing Reasoning and Problem Solving: A Sourcebook for Elementary School Teachers

Written specifically for the preservice and inservice middle school math teacher, this practical guide to teaching mathematics to preadolescents draws on the latest research and more than 100 years of combined teaching experience. Taking an empirical focus, the aim of this book is to give the middle school math teacher preparing to enter the classroom what they need, when they need it. Its organization is intuitive, moving from the general/macro to the specific. Preservice and inservice middle school math teacher.

Teaching Mathematics in Middle School: a practical guide

Milou, Eric

Pearson

Civil Service Examinations

Signet

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The Art of Motivating Students for Mathematics Instruction

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Teachers

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Elementary School Teachers

Problem Solving: A Handbook for Senior High School Teachers

Reasoning and Problem Solving: A Handbook for Elementary School Teachers

New Sourcebook for Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving in Elementary Schools, The

New Sourcebook for Teaching Reasoning and Problem Solving in Junior and Senior High School, The

Assessing Reasoning and Problem Solving: A Sourcebook for Elementary School Teachers

Teaching Mathematics in Middle School: a practical guide

Civil Service Examinations