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Informationen zum Autor By Nicholas J. Rinaldi Klappentext This book provides teachers with various tools to improve their classroom management skills, to actively involve students in lessons, and as a result, raise their interest level and improve learning. The ideas presented have been classroom-tested over many years and can be used in virtually any middle or high school classroom. Zusammenfassung This book provides teachers with various tools to improve their classroom management skills! to actively involve students in lessons! and as a result! raise their interest level and improve learning. The ideas presented have been classroom-tested over many years and can be used in virtually any middle or high school classroom. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: On Your Marks, Get Set...Establishing Expectations·Course Description·Getting off to a good startChapter 2: Put Me In Coach...Getting Students Actively Involved · OverviewChapter 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines...Opening of Class Activities·Overview·Problems to introduce the next lesson·Problems to review a previous lesson· 'Real world' math problems·Holiday problems·SAT prep questions·Brain teasersChapter 4: And the Children Shall Lead...Rinaldi's Routine: Creating a Student-centered Classroom·Procedures and Materials·Rinaldi's Routine--- Student survey·Cooperative Learning---Student Surveyi Chapter 5: Eureka...Inquiry Based /Discovery Lessons·Overview·Chessboard Squares·Properties of Exponents·The Triangle Angle Sum Theorem·Finding the Equation of a Parabola from DataChapter 6: "When Will I Ever Use This?"...Problems in the Student's World·Overview·Circle Graphs·Scale Drawings and More·Meanest Kid in SchoolChapter 7: He Who Laughs, Lasts...Humor in the Classroom·Overview·Math Riddles·Humorous Story Problems·Math Jokes·Wacky DefinitionsChapter 8: Calculate This!...Using the Graphing Calculator·Overview·The Open Box·Shortest Path Problem·Bones, Bones, Bonesii Chapter 9: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Calculator...Writing in a Math Class ·Overview·Answer Completely·Read Carefully·Rapid Write·From Top to Bottom·Chalk Talk·Exit Slips Chapter 10: It's Game Time...Classroom Competitions· Overview·Student Survey·Tic-Tac-Toe·Station-to-Station·Bottleneck·Who Am I?/What Am I?·The Message Game·Team Tournament Chapter 11: All Good Things Must Come to an End...Closing Activities Chapter 12: But Wait! There's More...Odds and Ends· Wait Time ·The Consultant·Progress Report ·New Year's Resolutioniii·Assignment Sheets ·Self Esteem·Monster Math ·Thumbs Up·Test TimeConclusion AnswersAppendix...
