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Well Played
Students love math games and puzzles, but how much are they really learning from the experience? Too often, math games are thought of as just a fun activity or enrichment opportunity. Well Played shows you how to make games and puzzles an integral learning component that provides teachers with unique access to student thinking.
The twenty-five games and puzzles in Well Played, which have all been field-tested in diverse classrooms, contain:
- explanations of the mathematical importance of each game or puzzle and how it supports student learning;
- variations for each game or puzzle to address a range of learning levels and styles;
- clear step-by-step directions; and
- classroom vignettes that model how best to introduce the featured game or puzzle.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Supporting Learning Through Games and Puzzles
Chapter 3: Base Ten Numeration
Chapter 4: Addition and Subtraction
Chapter 5: Multiplication and Division
Chapter 6: Mixed Operations
Chapter 7: Fractions
Appendix
Puzzle Answer Key
References
Preview the entire book online (PDF)
About the Authors
Linda Dacey, professor of mathematics and education at Lesley University, began her career teaching at the elementary level and early in her career, received an NSF grant to develop a model program for preparing middle school teachers.
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Karen Gartland is a mathematics coordinator and classroom teacher at Groton-Dunstable Middle School.
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Jayne Bamford Lynch is a district math instructional coach in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she spends most of her days in elementary classrooms supporting coaches, teachers, and students.
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Source: EdWeek Update and Stenhouse Publishers
