Teaching Mathematics Using Popular Culture: Strategies for Common Core Instruction from Film and Television

by Elana Reiser

Overview

Mathematics teachers often struggle to motivate their students. One way to cultivate and maintain student interest is for teachers to incorporate popular media into their methodology. Organized on the subject strands of the Common Core, this book explores math concepts featured in contemporary films and television shows and offers numerous examples high school math teachers can use to design lessons using pop culture references. Outlines for lessons are provided along with background stories and historical references.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786477067
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/26/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Elana Reiser teaches mathematics at St. Joseph’s College on Long Island. She lives in Selden, New York.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v
Language and Content Advisory vi
Solutions Explained viii
Preface 1
Introduction: The Theory of Visual Media in the Mathematics Classroom 5
One: Common Core State Standards Initiative 11
Two: Number and Quantity 15
Three: Algebra 54
Four: Functions 76
Five: Modeling 103
Six: Geometry 125
Seven: Statistics and Probability 158
Eight: Outside the Classroom 189
Appendix A: The Euclidean Algorithm 195
Appendix B: Selected Solutions 196
Appendix C: Game Theory 210
Chapter Notes 219
Bibliography 225
Index 231

Editorial Reviews

a major strength of this book is its usability for classroom enrichment, providing plenty of details on implementing the activities as well as on mathematical content...will be useful for teachers struggling to motivate students through traditional methods of instruction, providing references to pull from once in a while for lesson enhancement using visual media.”—The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; “an amazingly detailed collection of math references found in popular media”—Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School; “a how-to book for math teaching on the primary and secondary school level. There are LOTS of examples throughout”—Communications Booknotes Quarterly.

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