Taking the Numb out of Numbers - Intelligence and IQ

A Book for Students in Grades 5 through 9

$19.95

Testimonials

“This book is a treasure for teachers who are trying to help their students see mathematics as a powerful way of reasoning about the world.”
–Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University,
former President of the NCTM

“We loved how the open problems generated lots of great “defending-my-answer” debates. The kids really got into it, and missed recess because they got so carried away.”
–Karen Ramirez-Clark,
Baldwin Park Unified School District, Baldwin CA

Amazon Review

Jason Mark Alster M.Sc

make math fun

This is one of those books that people who suffered as a student in math class will appreciate especially if they have to teach math concepts to their children or others. It is a pleasure to think of learning math by examples from newspapers, comics, and everyday contexts like sports, games, and jokes. The point is that if you do not like a subject like math you will not do well and today educators are succeeding in finding ways to make math a fun topic and incorporating math into everyday life. Author- BEING IN CONTROL Natural Techniques For Increasing Your Potential And Creativity For Success In School.

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Don Fraser, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. An internationally sought-after speaker, Don has delivered inspiring motivational talks at conferences across North America ranging from California to Newfoundland and from Alaska to Florida. Twice voted Teacher-of-the-Year, he shares his humor and experience in teaching math to young students. In this book, Don provides classroom activities drawn from information presented in the media that will motivate your students to learn mathematics in an informal yet engaging way. Some sample pages are given in the slider above that you can access by using the arrows.

This book will delight you and your students alike. It’s fun, informative, and it helps build the mathematical literacy that’s so important in today’s world.

Your students will read, draw inferences and solve math problems in the context of interesting everyday events presented in news clips, articles and cartoons. They will be referred to web sites that contain interesting sports and television viewing data as well as such important trivia as the percent of M&M’s that are brown.

This treasury of mathematical gems has been gathered by Don from teachers and students across the continent and is presented here in his inimitable style – a style that continues to delight audiences everywhere.