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• Title:Teaching mathematics using popular culture : strategies for common core instruction from film and television / Elana Reiser.
  
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• Author/Creator:Reiser, Elana, 1979-
  
• Published/Created:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
  ©2015
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QA11 .R426 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mathematics--Study and teaching.
  Mathematics--Psychological aspects.
  Mathematics in mass media.
  Popular culture.
  
• Medical Subjects: Popular Culture
  
• Description:viii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Summary: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 Outlines for lessons are provided along with background stories and historical references.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780786477067 (softcover ; alk. paper)
  0786477067 (softcover ; alk. paper)
  9781476621227 (ebook)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: One. Common Core State Standards Initiative
  Two. Number and Quantity
  Three. Algebra
  Four. Functions
  Five. Modeling
  Six. Geometry
  Seven. Statistics and Probability
  Eight. Outside the Classroom.