If you've ever been stumped by your child's math homework, this is the book for you. Winning the Math Homework Challenge shares students' reasoning, thinking, and even misunderstandings about mathematics to provide you with the opportunity to see math through their eyes, including both the clarity and the confusion. Armed with this new sight, and therefore insight, parents will be able to effectively communicate with their child about math experiences. This book focuses more on the "why" behind math relationships, explained in plain English and through images that show mathematical relationships. The ability to recognize connections among math topics significantly reduces the confusion and frustration that can accompany math homework. By including more images and fewer formulas, readers - especially the visual-spatial learners - are better equipped to understand how math concepts connect to each other. Finding and understanding these connections will allow parents to find their own "math mojo" and to pass on that legacy to their child.
Foreword Preface Introduction I.Definition Section 1.A Rose Is Still a Rose - Other Terms to See Math Differently *Some Other Ways to "See" Math *Visual-Spatial and Auditory-Sequential *Keep in Mind 1.Learning Styles, Learning Networks, and Learning Intelligences *Learning Styles *Learning Networks *Learning Intelligences *Learning Preferences through the Senses *Seeing Relationships with Your Hands *Seeing Patterns with Your Imagination *Keep in Mind 1.GPS of Reading Math *Straight Line Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left *Around Left-to-right Then Reversed *Top-to-Bottom and Bottom-to-Top *Diagonal Left-to-Right and Diagonal Right-to-Left *Eye-Tracking Combinations *Keep in Mind I.Organization Section 4.Assessments and the Visual-Spatial Child *Visual-Spatial and Testing *Show Your Work *Keep in Mind 1.What You See Is What You Say *Eyesight That a Good Pair of Eyeglasses Will Help *Eyesight That May Need More Than a Good Pair of Eyeglasses *Mental Sight That a Good Imagination Can Help *How to Capitalize on What Your Child Does See *A Different Way to See Math "Facts" *Seeing Fractions with Pictures - Or Not *Keep in Mind 1.Finding Your Math Jigsaw Strengths *Multiply with Base Ten Blocks Jigsaw *Early Stages for Smaller Puzzles *Final Assembly of the Two-Digit Jigsaw Puzzle *Different Multiplication Table Jigsaws *Word Problem Jigsaws *Keep in Mind * Relationships with Mathematics Section 7.Math Avoiders Are Still Here *Stress of Success *Premature Precision *Shame Shackles *Only-One-Right-Answer-or-Method Myth *Six Things the Math Aficionado Knows That the Math Avoider Doesn't Know *Keep in Mind 1.Math Aficionados at Work *Spelunking for Patterns *Predictable Changes Create Patterns *Doubling Sides - Doubling Areas? Not So Fast *Volume Follows Suit *Keep in Mind 1.Insight Is an Inside Job *Hands-On Insight *Math Abstractions Too Soon *The Squares Have It *Statistics and Squares *What's In a Square Root? *Squares To Cubes And... *Keep in Mind IV.Connections 7.Mathematics of Looking *Math Relationships as Seen Through a Photographer's Eyes *Balance *Angle and Shape *Vanishing Point Proportion *Patterns of Repetition *Ben's Engaging View *Keep in Mind *Mathematics of Moving *Feeling the Math in Dance Movements *The Beat of Proportion *Sports Angles and Baskets *Sports Fields and Angles *Keep in Mind 12.Mathematics of Building *Building Blocks for Shape Form *Ratios for Stairs *Roof Pitch, Ratios, and Angles *A Pythagorean Tunnel *Keep in Mind Conclusion: What Parents Can Do *Color-Coding *Brainstorming Webs and Other Organizers *Use the Tools of Math *Top Five Do List *Keep in Mind Glossary References
