Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction 1. Number and Operations Overview A Case for "Why?" Calculator Application: Multiplying Fractions Double Take GCF and LCM Make It With an Abacus 2. Algebra Overview Catch the Beat Growing Patterns Mathemagic Divide and Conquer Raising the Stakes 3. Geometry Overview Make Figures "Happen" Hands-On Shapes Guess My Pattern Crazy Quilts Fold It Right There! 4. Measurement Overview How So? Calculator Application: Finding the Measures of the Two Acute Angles of a Right Triangle I Scream . . . You Scream . . . How They Stack Up Calculator Application: Surface Area of a Rectangular Solid 5. Data Analysis and Probability Even the Odds Overview Calculator Application: Determining the Sum of Two Randomly Selected Numbers as Odd or Even Read More About It! Living Graphs Fire and Ice Games of Chance Appendix: Worksheet Blackline Masters Glossary References Index
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Dr. Timothy J. McNamara is a private mathematics consultant specializing in K-12 systemic improvement efforts for schools and school districts nationwide. Tim has served as both a math teacher and curriculum supervisor in western New York since 1975. He has taught students from grade seven through fourteen, at all levels of ability from remedial to gifted, and in both public and private-school settings. He has also written articles for numerous math teacher journals, and was founder and faculty editor for the Nichols School of Buffalo student mathematics publication, The Nth Degree. Tim is a contributing member of a variety of professional organizations, including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and has facilitated countless conference workshops around the country, including numerous presentations at NCTM national conferences. In 1993, Tim was honored as the New York State recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Mathematics Teaching.