Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the sixth-grade level through visualization, play, and investigation. During their work with tens of thousands of teachers, authors Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, and Cathy Williams heard the same message—that they want to incorporate more brain science into their math instruction, but they need guidance in the techniques that work best to get across the concepts they needed to teach. So the authors designed Mindset Mathematics around the principle of active student engagement, with tasks that reflect the latest brain science on learning. Open, creative, and visual math tasks have been shown to improve student test scores, and more importantly change their relationship with mathematics and start believing in their own potential. The tasks in Mindset Mathematics reflect the lessons from brain science that: There is no such thing as a math person - anyone can learn mathematics to high levels. Mistakes, struggle and challenge are the most important times for brain growth. Speed is unimportant in mathematics. Mathematics is a visual and beautiful subject, and our brains want to think visually about mathematics. With engaging questions, open-ended tasks, and four-color visuals that will help kids get excited about mathematics, Mindset Mathematics is organized around nine big ideas which emphasize the connections within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and can be used with any current curriculum.

Provide focused practice for sixth graders in areas such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percents, algebra, geometry, and word problems. Grade-appropriate flash cards, completion chart, and skills matrix are also provided. Meets NCTM standards.

This second edition of the popular math teaching resource book Math Stories for Problem Solving Success offers updated true-to-life situations designed to motivate teenagers to use math skills for solving everyday problems. The book features intriguing short stories followed by sets of problems related to the stories that are correlated to the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each of the easy-to-read stories is followed by three increasingly difficult groups of problem sets. This makes it simple for teachers to select the appropriate problem set for students of different abilities and at different grade levels. To further enhance student involvement, the stories feature recurring characters and can be used either sequentially or out of order. The problems in the book cover many basic math topics, including decimals, fractions, and percents; measurement; geometry; data, statistics, and probability; algebra; and problem solving. In addition to having all the answers, an Answer Key at the end of the book offers explanations and background information about the problems that can be helpful to both teachers and students. Math Stories for Problem Solving Success will help you show students that math is something they are already using every day.

Master Skills Math for students in grade 6 is the perfect workbook to help children achieve mastery of the mathematical skills necessary to succeed in school! Designed by educational experts, specifically for children in the sixth grade, this essential workbook teaches children basic math concepts and skills and then offers a variety of activities for skill-and-drill practice. Skills covered include: addition and subtraction; multiplication and division; fractions, decimals, and percents; measurements; graphing; and regrouping! Its 128 pages feature challenging lesson content with real-life applications, easy-to-understand directions, and a complete answer key. The Master Skills series has drawn national acclaim for its vivid illustrations, challenging lesson content and real-life applications. It is the perfect workbook series to teach children learning fundamentals.

Complete Math Success provides plenty of interesting and systematic practice for developing and improving your child's math skills. The QR codes in each book will bring your child to our online resources for interactive videos which further develop their math concepts. Through Complete Math Success, your child will not only understand the concepts better and master the necessary skills, but he or she will be able to apply them in solving math problems in real-life situations.

This text offers guidance to teachers, mathematics coaches, administrators, parents, and policymakers. This book: provides a research-based description of eight essential mathematics teaching practices ; describes the conditions, structures, and policies that must support the teaching practices ; builds on NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and supports implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics to attain much higher levels of mathematics achievement for all students ; identifies obstacles, unproductive and productive beliefs, and key actions that must be understood, acknowledged, and addressed by all stakeholders ; encourages teachers of mathematics to engage students in mathematical thinking, reasoning, and sense making to significantly strengthen teaching and learning.