Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom: Grades 6-10

by Chris Fancher, Telannia Norfar

Overview

Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom explains how to keep inquiry at the heart of mathematics teaching and helps teachers build students' abilities to be true mathematicians. This book outlines basic teaching strategies, such as questioning and exploration of concepts. It also provides advanced strategies for teachers who are already implementing inquiry-based methods. Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom includes practical advice about strategies the authors have used in their own classrooms, and each chapter features strategies that can be implemented immediately. Teaching in a project-based environment means using great teaching practices. The authors impart strategies that assist teachers in planning standards-based lessons, encouraging wonder and curiosity, providing a safe environment where failure occurs, and giving students opportunities for revision and reflection.

Grades 6-10

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618218650
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/2019
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	1,081,650
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	11 - 15 Years

About the Author

Chris Fancher is a Middle Years Programme (MYP) design teacher at a public International Baccalaureate (IB) charter school in Round Rock, TX. He has taught every course, from prealgebra to calculus, in more than 20 years of public education.

Telannia Norfar is a mathematics teacher at a public high school in Oklahoma City, OK. She has taught all high school courses including AP Calculus AB for nearly 15 years. As a former journalist and account manager, Telannia found project-based learning a viable method for teaching worthy mathematical concepts.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Section I Understanding Project-Based Learning in a Math Classroom

Chapter 1 PEL Is Modeling Mathematics 5

Chapter 2 Experiencing PSL: A Professional Learning Simulation 15

Section II Designing Inquiry-Based Tasks and PBL Units

Chapter 3 Creating an Inquiry-Based Task or PBL Unit 39

Chapter 4 Key Teaching Strategies for PBL 53

Chapter 5 Utilizing the Power of People 65

Section III Inquiry-Based Tasks and PBL Unit Examples

Chapter 6 Complete PBL Unit Example 83

Chapter 7 Inquiry-Based Task Examples 97

Chapter 8 PBL Unit Examples 125

References 157

Appendix 161

Experiencing PBL Handouts 161

Complete PBL Unit Example Handouts 182

About the Authors 183