Brainball : teaching inquiry math as a team sport /: teaching inquiry math as a team sport. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mickey Kolis and Cassandra Meinholz.
• Authors: Kolis, Mickey, 1954-; Meinholz, Cassandra
• Contents: Brainball; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section 1: Brainball (Math Edition): Why Math Matters; 1 Brainball (Math Edition): The Point of the Game Is Learning; 2 The Big Ideas: Product, Process, and Community Aligned with Purpose; 3 Brainball (Math Edition) Beliefs (Dispositions); 4 Brainball (Math Edition) Key Knowledge Categories; 5 Brainball (Math Edition) Skills; Section 2: Preparing to Coach the Game; 6 Tip 1: Keep the End-in-Mind; 7 Tip 2: Play the Game; 8 Tip 3: Competitions as Evaluations; 9 Tip 4: Sequences Matter; 10 Tip 5: Explicit Communications Section 3: Day-to-Day Lesson Plans: Brainball Illuminated11 Algebra; Lesson 1: Cups Challenge; Lesson 2: Observations (Two Days); Lesson 3: Dependent versus Independent Variables; Lesson 4: Writing Problem Statements (Two Days); Lesson 5: Picking Problem Statements; Lesson 6: Statistical Investigation; Lesson 7: Gathering Information: Linear Models (Two Days); Lesson 8: Gathering More Information: Residuals; Lesson 9: Gathering More Information: Go Crickets! Go Least Squares Regression Line! (Two Days); Lesson 10: Gathering More Information: Residual Plots Lesson 11: Gathering More Information: Correlation CoefficientLesson 12: Gathering More Information: Association Doesn't Imply Causation; Lesson 13: Gathering More Information: Correlation Coefficient Squared; Lesson 14: Team Assessment (Two Days); Lesson 15: Individual Assessment: Barbie Bungee (Three Days); 12 A Geometry Example; Conclusion; Appendix A: Cups Challenge Team Role Cards; Appendix B: Team Role Cards; Appendix C: Correlation Station Directions; Appendix D: Association Toolkit; Appendix E: Independent and Dependent Variables Matching Cards; Appendix F: Team Project Scoring Guide Appendix G: Observations HandoutAppendix H: Idea Evaluator Handout; Appendix I: Colors Activity: Data Table; Appendix J: Lines of Best Fit Examples; Appendix K: You Are What You Eat Handout; Appendix L: Fortune Cookie Questions; Appendix M: Go Crickets! Handout; Appendix N: Olympics Handout; Appendix O: Scatter Plot and Residual Plot Matching Cards; Appendix P: Correlation Coefficient Matching Cards; Appendix Q: Correlation Coefficient Activity Handout; Appendix R: Arm Span versus Height Activity Handout; Appendix S: The Barbie Bungee Drop Handout Appendix T: Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge Role CardsAppendix U: Quadrilateral Toolkit; References; About the Authors
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 372.7; Education: Professional Development; Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Games in mathematics education; EDUCATION / Elementary; Education: Learning Styles; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475845150; 1475845154
• Related ISBNs: 9781475845143; 9781475845136
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2018).
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