Project Interactivate


ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNING



Interactivate activities are linked through the table of contents of A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers below.

These interactive activities are intended for those reflecting on their role as student to further their understanding of mathematics. The java based activities utilize technology to model various mathematical concepts.


Chapter 1: An Introduction to Problem Solving
1-1 Explorations with Patterns
1-2 Mathematics and Problem Solving
1-3 Algebraic Thinking
1-4 Logic: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Sets, Whole Numbers, and Functions
2-1 Describing Sets
2-2 Other Set Operations and Their Properties
2-3 Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers
2-4 Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers
2-5 Functions
Chapter 3: Whole-Number Computation
3-1 Numeration Systems
3-2 Algorithms for Whole-Number Addition and Subtraction
3-3 Algorithms for Whole-Number Multiplication and Division
3-4 Mental Mathematics and Estimation for Whole-Number Operations
Chapter 4: Integers and Number Theory
4-1 Integers and the Operations of Addition and Subtraction
4-2 Multiplication and Division of Integers
4-3 Divisibility
4-4 Prime and Composite Numbers
4-5 Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple
4-6 Clock and Modular Arithmetic
Chapter 5: Rational Numbers and Functions
5-1 The Set of Rational Numbers
5-2 Addition and Subtraction of Rational Numbers
5-3 Multiplication and Division of Rational Numbers
5-4 Proportional Reasoning
Chapter 6: Decimals, Percents, and Real Numbers
6-1 Introduction to Decimals
6-2 Operations on Decimals
6-3 Nonterminating Decimals
6-4 Percents
6-5 Computing Interest
6-6 Real Numbers
Chapter 7: Probability
7-1 How Probabilities Are Determined
7-2 Multistage Experiments with Tree Diagrams and Geometric Probabilities
7-3 Using Simulations in Probability
7-4 Odds and Expected Value
7-5 Methods of Counting
Chapter 8: Statistics: An Introduction
8-1 Statistical Graphs
8-2 Measures of Central Tendency and Variation
8-3 Abuses of Statistics
Chapter 9: Introductory Geometry
9-1 Basic Notions
9-2 Polygons
9-3 More About Angles
9-4 Geometry in Three Dimensions
9-5 Networks
Chapter 10: Constructions, Congruence, and Similarity
10-1 Congruence Through Constructions
10-2 Other Congruence Properties
10-3 Other Constructions
10-4 Similar Triangles and Similar Figures
10-5 Lines in a Cartesian Coordinate System
Chapter 11: Concepts of Measurement
11-1 Linear Measure
11-2 Areas of Polygons and Circles
11-3 The Pythagorean Theorem
11-4 Surface Areas
11-5 Volume, Mass, and Temperature
Chapter 12: Motion Geometry and Tessellations
12-1 Translations and Rotations
12-2 Reflections and Glide Reflections
12-3 Size Transformations
12-4 Symmetries
12-5 Tessellation of the Plane


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