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Learning to Love Mathby Judy Willis
ASCD 2010; US$ 23.95A book that explains how negative attitudes toward math get established in the brain and what teachers can do to turn those attitudes around. Includes more than 50 strategies (suitable for any grade level) that give students a math attitude makeover, reduce mistake anxiety, and relate math to students? interests and goals. more...
Big Ideas for Growing Mathematiciansby Ann Kajander
Zephyr Press 2007; US$ 15.95Introducing sophisticated mathematical ideas like fractals and infinity, these hands-on activity books present concepts to children using interactive and comprehensible methods. With intriguing projects that cover a wide range of math content and skills, these are ideal resources for elementary school mathematics enrichment programs, regular classroom instruction, and home-school programs. Reproducible activity sheets lead students through a process of engaged inquiry with plenty of helpful tips along the way. A list of useful terms specific to each activity encourages teachers and parents to introduce students to the vocabulary of math. This second Big Ideas book covers more advanced concepts, with projects including One in a Million,”... more...
Building Housesby Moira Anderson
Shell Education 2008; US$ 8.99Houses and other buildings are often built on plots of land. Some houses are made of bricks, which are three-dimensional shapes. The study of shapes is called geometry, and architects must know a lot about different kinds of shapes and how they fit together. There are many steps that go into making a house. First they lay the foundation, and then they build the floors, the walls, and the roof. more...
Farm Animalsby Lisa Greathouse
Shell Education 2012; US$ 8.99This reader is designed to teach students how to sort and classify. Students view a group of farm animals and are asked to sort the animals in some way. The following page shows the animals sorted by the category so students can self-check. The reader covers sorting by color, size, speed, and number. more...
Fabulous Fractionsby Lynette Long
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 14.95Don't Just Learn Fractions ...Master Them! Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the Magical Math series provides everything you need to know to become a master of mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses her own unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you play with everyday objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, and paper and pencil. Inside Fabulous Fractions, you'll find out all about fractions, from what they look like to how to write them, to the relationship between fractions and decimals, and more. While playing exciting games like Super Domino ESP and Reduce It!, you'll learn about proper fractions and how to reduce them. And with games like Combination Pizza, Fraction... more...
Measurement Maniaby Lynette Long
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 14.95Don't Just Learn Measurement.Master It! Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the Magical Math series provides everything you need to know to become a master of mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses her own unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you play with everyday objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, and paper and pencil. Inside Measurement Mania, you'll learn to take the mystery out of mea-surement! Once you've mastered the basic forms of measurement--length, volume, weight, temperature, and time--you'll learn how to measure the length of an ant in millimeters, the height of a telephone pole in feet, the volume of a bathtub in ounces, the weight of one spaghetti noodle... more...
Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percentsby Lynette Long
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 14.95Don't Just Learn Decimals and Percents ...Master Them! Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the Magical Math series provides everything you need to know to become a master of mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses her unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you play with everyday objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, and paper and pencil. In Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents, you'll learn how to read and write decimals, how to change decimals into fractions and percents, and much more. While you play exciting games like the fast-paced Dynamite Decimal Reduction and Here's a Tip, you'll also learn to estimate percentages in your head and even figure out what tip to... more...
The Role of Social Capital in Developmentby Christiaan Grootaert; Thierry van Bastelaer; Robert Puttnam
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 45.00Social capital can be defined as the institutions and networks of relationships between people, complemented by the attitudes, norms and values that underlie them. This book looks at how social capital can contribute to poverty alleviation and development programs, facilitating rural development, access to goods and services, and political stability. Uniquely, it provides a rigorous empirical assessment of the contribution of social capital to development. more...
Algebraic Codes for Data Transmissionby Richard E. Blahut
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 48.00Error-correcting codes play a fundamental role in modern communications and data-storage systems. This book provides an accessible introduction to the basic elements of algebraic codes, and describes a range of important coding techniques, including Reed-Solomon codes, BCH codes, trellis codes, and turbocodes. Written for graduate students and practising engineers. more...
Problem Solving Math for Primary Students Book 2by Lyn Stephenson; Rod Jefferson
Ready-Ed Publications 1996; US$ 7.45This photocopy master book, which has proven extremely popular over the years, provides a range of 30+ problem solving activities using strategies such as: Developing logical thinking; Using number concepts to develop logical thinking; Logical reasoning; Developing visual imagery; and Pattern perception using number. more...