Motivating Mathematics: Engaging Teachers and Engaged Students

by David Wells and David G. Wells

Book Overview

Motivating Mathematics demonstrates that pupils can be motivated by being given the Big Picture, including a clearer picture of the nature of maths, and by linking topics to the sciences, rather than teaching each topic in isolation. The author emphasises the many virtues of problem-solving, strongly emphasised in secondary education specifications, especially the role of perception, and the ability of pupils to create their own proofs and to appreciate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783267526
• ISBN13: 9781783267521
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"