Math Essentials, High School Level: Lessons and Activities for Test Preparation (J–B Ed: Test Prep) - Softcover

Thompson Ed.D., Frances McBroom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787966037 ISBN 13: 9780787966034

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 2005

Synopsis

"Math Essentials, High School Level" gives high school math teachers the tools they need to help prepare all types of students (including gifted and learning disabled) for standards-based mathematics testing. This dynamic book covers thirty key objectives found in a typical secondary mathematics curriculum, including algebraic thinking; graphs, statistics and probability; linear and quadratic functions and their properties; and geometry and measurement with applications. Each objective contains three lessons: manipulative, pictorial, and independent practice. Lessons include worksheets or patterns and answer keys, and each section ends with a practice test and answer key.

About this title

About the Author

Frances McBroom Thompson, Ed.D., is professor of mathematics at Texas Woman's University. She has taught mathematics in junior and senior high schools and served as a K-12 mathematics specialist, and she is now an educational consultant for grades K-12. Dr. Thompson received her doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Georgia, and she is the author of numerous books including Hands-On Math!, Hands-On Algebra!, and Math Essentials, Middle School Level (all published by Jossey-Bass).

From the Back Cover

Math Essentials, High School Level: Lessons and Activities for Test Preparation

Math Essentials, High School Level gives high school math teachers the tools they need to help prepare all types of students (including gifted and learning disabled) for standards-based mathematics testing. This dynamic book covers thirty key objectives found in a typical secondary mathematics curriculum, including algebraic thinking; graphs, statistics and probability; linear and quadratic functions and their properties; and geometry and measurement with applications. Each objective contains three lessons: manipulative, pictorial, and independent practice, along with a list of common errors made by students when working problems related to the objective. Lessons include worksheets or patterns and answer keys, and each section ends with a practice test and answer key.

Praise for Math Essentials, High School Level

"This volume should be highly useful to all mathematics educators concerned with increasing the achievement of students faced with high-stake tests based on currently accepted standards."
David E. Boliver, professor of mathematics and statistics, University of Central Oklahoma

"The well-designed sequences of activities proceeding from the concrete to pictorial to symbolic provide the needed structure for helping students who struggle with high school math."
Bill Juraschek, associate professor,University of Colorado at Denver

"The detailed step format helps both the novice and seasoned teacher appreciate the representations of algebraic, statistical, and geometric symbolism."
Catheryne Draper, president, The Math Studio, Inc.

"The expertise that Dr. Thompson supplies to the field of secondary mathematics teaching is phenomenal. Math Essentials is a resource that will save countless hours of research and preparation."
Jim Wohlgehagen, secondary mathematicscoordinator, Plano ISD, Plano, Texas

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787966037
• ISBN 13: 9780787966034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384