Many parents are not confident helping their children with math homework, partly because math is taught differently today. This reassuring book covers the dilemmas and problems parents are likely to be confronted with up to the end of primary school.
Mathematics often gets a bad press. Describing someone as 'calculating' or 'rational' is hardly as flattering as being labelled 'artistic' or 'creative' and mathematicians in movies or novels are often portrayed as social misfits who rarely get the guy or girl. No wonder some folks say 'oh I don't care for mathematics, I was never any good at it' with a wistful sense of pride. Yet professional mathematicians talk of the subject differently. They look for elegant solutions to problems, revel in playing around with mathematical ideas and talk of the creative nature of mathematics. As the Russian mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya said "It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul." So why is there such a gap between the views of everyday folks and professional mathematicians? Part of the problem lies in how most of us were taught mathematics in school. The mathematics served up there is presented as a series of de-contextualised, abstract ideas, wrested from the human struggles and interactions that gave birth to the ideas. Through looking at some of the history of mathematics, psychological studies into how we come to know mathematics and key ideas in mathematics itself, the intent of this book is, if not to make the reader fall in love with mathematics, then at least to come to understand its nature a little better, and perhaps care a little more for it. In short, this book explores the human side of maths
Numbers and math can be fun! In this bright and cheerful book, young readers will learn basic math principles and facts through easy and entertaining games that teach about addition and subtraction. Thoughtful questions help students consider more about the principles in play, and helpful tips assist educators in guiding them to learn more.
A GEOMETRY BOOK 2010.
Maminky nebo tatínkové, kteří mají málo času, jistě ocení rychlé a snadné hry, aby mohli se svými dětmi školáky procvičit matematiku. Zde je 101 jednoduchých tipů, her a aktivit, které z učení matematiky udělá pro vaše dítě zábavu a radost. Všechny mohou být začleněny do každodenního života - doma i na cestách - s minimální námahou a bez drahých pomůcek - vaše děti se budou čísly bavit. Většinou si ani neuvědomí, že se jedná o matematiku! Procvičujte sčítání, odčítání, násobení, dělení, zlomky, poměr a podíl, určování času, odhad, měření, geometrii a tvary tvůrčím a zábavným způsobem
Podtitul : od Pythagora k dobývání vesmíru, abeceda geometrie v každodenním životě, fascinující tvary a konstrukce Historický vývoj geometrie a její praktické využití, významní světoví matematikové, zákony, objevy, příklady.
