Completely revised and updated, the best-selling titles of our Smart Junior series will arrive on the scene just in time for the back-to-school crowd. Instructive and entertaining, this title integrates learning into engaging adventure stories. This book is the ideal tool to help grade school students learn the basics that every successful student must master.

Whether you're checking out at the supermarket or cashing in at the stock market, you need a command of basic math to survive in today's number crunching world. But most people have problems with math. A decimal here and an exponent there and you've gone from a balanced checkbook to a multi-trillion-dollar national debt. That's why The Princeton Review created Math Smart. Math Smart's approach is easy to follow. We'll show you how to perform basic math operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Once you've got that down, Math Smart will teach you how to handle the scary stuff like exponents, square roots, geometry, and algebra. How does Math Smart work? It teaches you user-friendly techniques that break down complicated problems and equations into their basic parts. You won't waste your time memorizing dozens of long formulas and equations. We don't promise you'll love math, but after reading Math Smart, you'll never be crunched by numbers again.

Frightened by fractions? Decimals make you dizzy? Numbers get on your nerves? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. Math Smart Junior II can help you finish your homework and score higher on tests by showing you how to master topics like: *The History of Numbers *Basic Arithmetic *Divisibility Rules *Fractions *Ratios *Percentages *Decimals *Averages *The Metric System *Bases other than 10 Don't worry, Math Smart Junior II isn't like your textbook. We'll show you the fun and relaxed way to solve tough math problems, and prepare you for some of the challenges that lie ahead--like algebra. Plus, we'll give you tons of practice exercises and quizzes so that you can practice what you've learned.

Talking and writing about unfinished ideas is vital to learning mathematics, but most students only speak up when they think they have the right answer - especially middle school and high school students. Amanda Jansen and her collaborating teachers have developed a breakthrough approach to address this challenge. In Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn, Jansen shares the power of infusing math class with the spirit of revision so that students feel comfortable thinking aloud as they problem-solve rather than talking only to perform right answers. Creating a Community of Learners: As part of the rough draft framework, a class of students becomes an equitable and inclusive community of thinkers, one where students feel safe to engage in discourse while developing mathematical competency and confidence Practical Application of Innovative Ideas: This book includes specific teaching techniques and a range of classroom vignettes showing rough draft math in action within a student-centered teaching approach. Children can develop solutions at their own pace and share thought processes behind their conclusions Classroom Tested: Jansen has developed the concept of rough draft math in collaboration with a diverse group of dynamic and reflective teachers. Rough Draft Math provides a blueprint for educators to allow free-thinking discussion while maintaining the mathematical learning goalsRough Draft Math, Jansen shows how to create an energetic classroom culture where students readily participate and share their evolving understanding while engaging in math talk, collaborative problem solving, and ongoing revision of ideas. '

Whether you're shopping in the supermarket or playing the stock market, a command of arithmetic is necessary in order to succeed in today's society. But many people have problems with even basic math. Enter Math Smart, an irreverent, easy-to-follow guide that begins with the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and goes on to the scary stuff like exponents, square roots, geometry and algebra. Math Smart will help you break down any complicated equation into its basic parts and won't require you to memorize dozens of long functions and equations. For students, Math Smart provides a great review for the math achievements and the math sections of the SAT, GMAT, GRE and ACT, as well as being a helpful supplement to confusing math texts. It includes drills throughout, reviews at the end of each chapter, and a glossary of terms.

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 first-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.