{"product_id":"mindset-mathematics-visualizing-and-investigating-big-ideas-grade-6-isbn-9781119358831","title":"Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the sixth-grade level through visualization, play, and investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring their work with tens of thousands of teachers, authors Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, and Cathy Williams heard the same message—that they want to incorporate more brain science into their math instruction, but they need guidance in the techniques that work best to get across the concepts they needed to teach. So the authors designed Mindset Mathematics around the principle of active student engagement, with tasks that reflect the latest brain science on learning. Open, creative, and visual math tasks have been shown to improve student test scores, and more importantly change their relationship with mathematics and start believing in their own potential. The tasks in Mindset Mathematics reflect the lessons from brain science that:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThere is no such thing as a math person - anyone can learn mathematics to high levels.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMistakes, struggle and challenge are the most important times for brain growth.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpeed is unimportant in mathematics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMathematics is a visual and beautiful subject, and our brains want to think visually about mathematics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith engaging questions, open-ended tasks, and four-color visuals that will help kids get excited about mathematics, Mindset Mathematics is organized around nine big ideas which emphasize the connections within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and can be used with any current curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLow-Floor, High-Ceiling Tasks 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYoucubed Summer Camp 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemorization versus Conceptual Engagement 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematical Thinking, Reasoning, and Convincing 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Ideas 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure of the Book 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Materials 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManipulatives and Materials Used in This Book 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivities for Building Norms 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncouraging Good Group Work 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaper Folding: Learning to Reason, Convince, and Be Skeptical 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 1: Taking Apart Prisms and Polygons 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: How Big Is the Footprint? 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Shards of a Shape 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: Rising from the Footprint 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 2: Folding and Unfolding Objects 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: Folding Cubes in Your Mind 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Folding Nets in Your Mind 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: Filling Our Nets 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 3: Expanding the Number Line 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: Folding around Zero 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Bouncing around the Number Line 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: Going 2-D 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 4: Finding and Using Unit Rates 116\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: Seeing Unit Rates 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Seeing the Best Deal 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: How Fast Do You Walk? 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 5: Reasoning with Proportions 142\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: Jump! Jump! 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Seeing Animals in a New Way 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: A Seat at the Table 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 6: Visualizing the Center and Spread of Data 164\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: The Shape of Data 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: What Does\u003ci\u003e Mean\u003c\/i\u003e Mean? 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: When Does Mean = Median = Mode = Range? 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 7: Using Symbols to Describe the World 192\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: Cuisenaire Rod Equivalents 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Math Mobiles 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: Radial Patterns 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Idea 8: Generalizing 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualize: Generalizing Number Patterns 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlay: Generalizing Strategy 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigate: Generalizing Visual Patterns 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentimeter Grid Paper 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrid Paper 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1\" Grid Paper 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsometric Dot Paper 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDot Paper 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 255\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJO BOALER\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University and co-founder and faculty director of youcubed. She serves as an advisor to several Silicon Valley companies and is a White House presenter on girls and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eMathematical Mindsets,\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous research articles, she is a regular contributor to news and radio in the United States and England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEN MUNSON\u003c\/b\u003e is a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University, a professional developer, and a former classroom teacher. She received her PhD in mathematics education from Stanford University. Her research focuses on responsive, equitable mathematics instruction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCATHY WILLIAMS\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-founder and the executive director of youcubed at Stanford University. Before working at youcubed, she was a high school math teacher and worked in mathematics curriculum and administration at the county and district levels in California.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngage Your Students in Visual, Creative Explorations of the Big Ideas in Mathematics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eMindset Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e series offers a unique, research-based visual approach to exploring the big ideas in mathematics, which is essential to future mathematics success. 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