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A collaboration between a seasoned math teacher and a research mathematician, this resource offers balanced instructional ideas based around student intellectual engagement and skilled teacher leadership. It is solidly grounded in many areas of classroom practice, but rather than serving as a prescriptive how-to manual, the authors invite reflection and discussion across classrooms and math departments, much in the way you would share ideas in the teachers' lounge or across the table at a conference. Chapters offer practical suggestions and concrete examples to teachers of grades 6-12 on just about every aspect of the job: manipulatives, technology, lesson planning, group work, classroom discussion, and more. In opposition to the idea of a 'one-size-fits-all' curriculum, the authors explain how to integrate teaching techniques: formal and informal, student-centered and teacher-led, experiential and rigorous. Chapters also include vignettes, as well as many links to curricular materials. Ideal for math educators of grades 6-12, this book is both comprehensive in its strategies and sensitive to the complexities of teaching. For these reasons, math departments, coaches, teacher leaders, and faculty at other levels can also easily reference its content where relevant. This book offers multiple entry points for teachers and departments to discuss and enhance their practice, making it essential reading for any math classroom or professional development opportunity.

A series of geometry focussed lessons for secondary school mathematics.By Michael O'ConnorGeometry and Beyond with Mathomat is a series of lessons for secondary school mathematics which make extensive use of commonly available classroom materials, such as the Mathomat (TM) template and dynamic geometry software.Geometry is one of the oldest areas of mathematics and it runs as a continuous thread throughout the mathematics curriculum. Geometry is present from children's first encounters with shape and remains a part of mathematics learning through to the development of formal proofs.Geometry and beyond with Mathomat is not a comprehensive text on geometry; it is a collection of activities, using common classroom tools such as MATHOMAT, that guide student development of key concepts that link to the bigger picture.The five areas in this book are: using units of measurement, shape location and transformation, Pythagoras and trigonometry, and geometric reasoning.The selected concepts that are used to explore these areas are linked together, if there is a gap in the knowledge or understanding of one concept then the ones that follow will be harder to grasp. However, it is always the role of the teacher to consider what activities the students need to explore.Activities in this book encourage communal understanding and consensus and always conclude with discussion of key points.Summary: Suitable for secondary school students. Geometry focus. Make extensive use of commonly available classroom materials, such as the Mathomat (TM)template and dynamic geometry software