Challenging Units for Gifted Learners: Math: Teaching the Way Gifted Students Think The Math book includes units that ask students to develop a financial portfolio that includes high- and low-risk stocks, options and margins, AAA and junk bonds, mutual funds, and money markets; use math, science, engineering, technology,
| TITLE | : | Challenging Units for Gifted Learners: Math: Teaching the Way Gifted Students Think |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.54 (942 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1593634978 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 208 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2010-12-01 |
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Gifted students have the potential to learn material earlier and faster, to handle more complexity and abstraction, and to solve complex problems better. This potential, however, needs stimulating experiences from home and school or it will not unfold. These books are designed to help teachers provide the stimulating curricula that will nurture this potential in school. The units presented in this series are based on research into how these students actually think differently from their peers and how they use their learning styles and potential not merely to develop intellectual expertise, but to move beyond expertise to the production of new ideas. The Math book includes units that ask students to develop a financial portfolio that includes high- and low-risk stocks, options and margins, AAA and junk bonds, mutual funds, and money markets; use math, science, engineering, technology, and
Editorial : I've recently become acquainted with a Prufrock Press title for math that feeds both my inner bibliophile and interest in education. The 2011 math edition of Challenging Units for Gifted Learners: Teaching the Way Gifted Students Think (Smith, Kenneth J., Ph.D. and Susan Stonequist) is an excellent tool for homeschoolers, after-schoolers, and classroom instructors alike. Providing both a road map for instructors who may not be familiar with mathematical precocity as well as engaging math units that incorporate financial planning, the building of a miniature golf course, and the probability of winning carnival games, Challenging Units provides real-life challenges for math smart middle schoolers who may not be motivated by traditional math units. --Susan Hyde, Raising Maine, January 21, 2011
For example, the book says that Jane Austen wrote Jane Eyre (I had to read that twice to make sure I was processing it correctly) and (this is my favorite gem) later talks about how you should evaluate Anne Hathaway in the Pride and Prejudice movie to see how faithful she is to Austen's rendering of Elizabeth Bentley. I used it for a research project and it was very informative and clear about the information inside the book.. Father Merton thought the Real Presence was for contemporary times and not to be postponed which Father Merton thought made men and women dull and apathetic. Because it will.. Systematic arbitrage of the Eurodollar complex (spreads, packs, bundles, etc.) has never been more available to the sophisticated amateur. I savor each chapter's teaching. I've read it twice, highlighted a lot and will read it again. White, Margery Sharp, and Kathi Appelt as an author parents
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