Product Description

This is a complete collection of 50 instant mathematics lessons that require little effort in preparation time and are perfect for busy secondary teachers.This book does exactly what it says on the tin. It provides the readers with 50 lesson plans for the mathematics classroom. Each plan will provide: learning objectives; teaching activities; extended activities for able and talented pupils; answers to the activity; and, follow up work.This will prove to be an essential resource for all mathematics teachers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #164423 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 111 pages

Review
"This collection is a 'must have' for every teacher who wants to inspire students to be excited by mathematics, yet not stray too far from core topics. Every lesson contains key insights into mathematics, using ideas, links and contexts which are mysterious, fun, silly, bizarre, practical and historical." --Dr Anne Watson, Reader in Mathematics Education, University of Oxford

Review
"This is an excellent book, which no mathematics department should be without. Its 50 self-contained lessons offer amusing, fascinating and mathematically worthwhile tasks which are supported by excellent teacher notes. Most books are not worth recommending, but this is different."

From the Back Cover
When the occasion demands it, most maths teachers can pull out an all-singing-all-dancing lesson or two that is more or less guaranteed to go well. These can come in handy for job interviews or during inspections. But such lessons tend
to require an exceptional amount of preparation or are excessively demanding to deliver and are not sustainable in the real world, where a teacher may have to teach eight or more lessons in a day. For most of us, normal teaching life probably exists nearer the other end of the maths lesson spectrum, with relatively dull, routine and expository lessons. This sort of lesson requires little preparation and is easy to teach, but tends to
be uninspiring for learners and unsatisfying for the teacher.

The 50 lessons in this book aim somewhere in between these two extremes: they require only a few minutes of preparation time yet, I hope, rise above the commonplace. They are the sort of lessons you could teach eight of in
a day, rather than eight of in your career!