Hands-On Math!

Here's a super treasury of 279 exciting math games and activities that help students learn by engaging both their minds and their bodies. Dispensing with tired "rote" learning and memorization, Hands-On Math! uses fun-filled exercises that encourage your students to think and reason mathematically. Illustrated, hands-on activities organized in natural concrete-to-abstract progressions give your students the tools they need to solve math problems, while encouraging them to think independently and apply math to their own lives. In line with the latest NCTM guidelines, this invaluable teacher's aid develops basic and advanced math skills through an effective combination of concrete exercises (manipulatives), pictorial models and cooperative learning experiences. For easy use, this handy resource is organized into the following eight sections, each covering concepts from a different area of mathematics. Chapter 1. Number and Number Relationships.

Chapter 2. Patterns, Relations, and Functions.

Chapter 3. Development of Written Algorithms.

Chapter 4. Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Chapter 5. Measurement.

Chapter 6. Statistics and Probability.

Chapter 7. Number Theory.

Chapter 8. Algebraic Thinking.

Frances McBroom Thompson, Ph.D., has taught mathematics at the junior and senior high school levels and was a professor of mathematics education at Texas Woman's University. She has served as a K-12 mathematics specialist, a curriculum developer, and a teacher trainer; and she is also the author of numerous articles and books on math education. FRANCES M. THOMPSON has taught mathematics at the junior and senior high school levels and has served as a K-12 mathematics specialist. She received her doctoral degree in mathematics education from the University of Georgia at Athens. Dr. Thompson is the author of numerous articles and books, and conducts workshops for teachers at the elementary and secondary levels.