10-Minute Critical-Thinking Activities for Math
10-Minute Critical-Thinking Activities for Math

Author: Hope Martin

Publisher: Walch Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780825138164

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Encourage students to use critical thinking skills to evaluate, then solve, a variety of math enrichment problems. Topics include number theory, geometry, mathematical reasoning, sequencing and patterning, order of operations, algebra, spatial visualization, transformations, and more. Includes many open-ended and non-traditoinal problems to boost brain power in math.

10-Minute Critical-Thinking Activities for Algebra
10-Minute Critical-Thinking Activities for Algebra

Author: Hope Martin

Publisher: Walch Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780825143434

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Covers a wide variety of topics including understanding patterns; using algebraic symbols; solving problems with graphs, tables, and equations; and more. Works as an end-of-class activity, extra-credit, or at-home assignment. Includes teaching suggestions, skills matrix, and answer section.

Critical Thinking Activities in Patterns, Imagery, Logic
Critical Thinking Activities in Patterns, Imagery, Logic

Author: Dale Seymour

Publisher: Dale Seymour Publications Secondary

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780866514729

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This collection of blackline masters will help your students develop three important elements of critical thinking: the ability to recognize patterns, the ability to use visual imagery, and the ability to reason logically - universal skills that help students solve problems in almost any discipline. Rated at three levels of difficulty for students in grades 7-12, the activities provide experience with: patterns with numbers, shapes, and letters ; ordering by size ; comparing shapes and designs ; symmetry ; plotting pictures on graph paper ; logic word problems ; number sentences ; Venn diagrams ; other areas that develop critical thinking skills. Use these reproducible activities as worksheets for individual student work or as overhead transparencies to give your class a group challenge. -- from back cover.

Math Starters
Math Starters

Author: Judith A. Muschla

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1118449797

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A revised edition of the bestselling activities guide for math teachers Now updated with new math activities for computers and mobile devices—and now organized by the Common Core State Standards—this book includes more than 650 ready-to-use math starter activities that get kids quickly focused and working as soon as they enter the classroom. Ideally suited for any math curriculum, these high-interest problems spark involvement in the day's lesson, help students build skills, and allow teachers to handle daily management tasks without wasting valuable instructional time. A newly updated edition of a bestselling title Ideal for math teachers in grades six through twelve Includes more than 650 ready-to-use starter problems

81 Fresh & Fun Critical-thinking Activities
81 Fresh & Fun Critical-thinking Activities

Author: Laurie Rozakis

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780590375269

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Help children of all learning styles and strengths improve their critical thinking skills with these creative, cross-curricular activities. Each engaging activity focuses on skills such as recognizing and recalling, evaluating, and analyzing.