This book is a translation from Russian of Part III of the book Mathematics Through Problems: From Olympiads and Math Circles to Profession. Part I, Algebra, and Part II, Geometry, have been published in the same series. The main goal of this book...Loe edasi...
The second part of a Russian book on teaching mathematics through problems appears in English translation, focuses on geometry. It is a resource for Mathematical Circles, an eastern European concept that is similar to Western math clubs, but are...Loe edasi...
Unlike most middle school math contests, which require solving a large number of problems in a short time, Klee, Malkin, and Pevtsova explain, an oral math olympiad gives students three hours to solve a small number of problems, and then present...Loe edasi...
The book compiles popular activities and puzzles from the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival. Each chapter begins with a game or puzzle based on simple arithmetic or symmetry, then progresses to harder problems and activities that introduce students...Loe edasi...
This is a translation from Russian of the Part 1 of the book Mathematics Through Problems: From Mathematical Circles and Olympiads to the Profession, part of a library series to support Mathematical Circles, an eastern-European notion similar to...Loe edasi...
Mathematics educators and people of the Navajo Nation present scripts for math circles that speak to Navajo culture as they teach mathematics. Their topics are grid power, a five-card magic trick, decanting problems: Euclidean algorithm, bean bag...Loe edasi...
Tanton presents 34 essays on mathematical curiosities for general mathematics enthusiasts, requiring only high school mathematics-though a few have a touch of calculus. His topics include dragons and poison, averages via distances, inner triangle...Loe edasi...
Writing for people already running a math circle or thinking of starting one, Givental, Nemirovskaya, and Zakharevich present material that parents can use to motivate their math-loving children, elementary school teachers can use with their stud...Loe edasi...
In a book he wishes he had while he was in high school and dreaming of becoming a mathematician, Currie presents mathematical gems that readers can solve with high school algebra or geometry, interspersed with stories of mathematicians. He suspec...Loe edasi...
Burago presents a complete curriculum for the second year in a middle-school mathematics study circle, organizing it as a collection of lessons that include the material to be used in class, the set of problems to work on, and other features to m...Loe edasi...
Andreescu and Saul introduce algebraic inequalities to students who may have no mathematical background beyond an elementary knowledge of the rational numbers, at first, though later they assume increasing knowledge of algebra up to and including...Loe edasi...
Shen presents readers with a comprehensive guide to using Euclidean geometry to teach high school math and problem solving skills. He covers measuring line segments, measuring angles, the triangle inequality, congruent figures, triangle congruence te...Loe edasi...
The late Arnold, a Russian mathematician, offers lectures and problems in math aimed at younger students, from age five to high school. He discusses continued fractions; the geometry of complex numbers, quaternions, and spins; and Euler groups and th...Loe edasi...
At the 2005 Dubna summer camp, distinguished Russian mathematician Arnold delivered lectures to undergraduate and advanced high school students who were planning to enter mathematics. Here are his notes for his lectures on the statistics of topology...Loe edasi...
Editors Stankova and Rike present readers with a the second volume of the ongoing series based on the over 800 Berkeley Math Circle sessions conducted on the University of California Berkeley campus over the last decade and a half. The text covers ma...Loe edasi...
The American Regions Math League annual competitions have four rounds, and math coaches felt they needed more resources to help their high school students prepare for The Power Round, in which a teams solution requires making, writing, and proving c...Loe edasi...
Rozhkovskaya describes the program she began in 2009 to extend the Berkeley Math Circle to students in grades one to three. Plans for 15 lessons include such problems at secret code, cubes and cubes of numbers, the game "points on a circle,"...Loe edasi...
Moscows Mathematical Festival is an annual competition attended by hundreds of middle school students since it began in 1990. Here are problems from the Festivals in 1990-2011 for students in sixth and seventh grades to try to solve, either for fun...Loe edasi...
This book evolved from notes for a series of 12 seminars on arithmetic taught in the early grades for teachers and future teachers, each chapter corresponding to a seminar. The topics include divisibility and order in the integers, prime numbers and...Loe edasi...
Originating in Russia, mathematical circles are a teaching method designed to teach logical, analytical, reasoning, and mathematical abilities. Here, the technique is adapted for US students who have less preparation in math and less motivation. Auth...Loe edasi...
