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Higher-Level Thinking Questions: Secondary Math
Ratios, Rates, and Proportions
This set includes 16 question cards on Ratios, Rates, and Proportions. The questions are all open-ended, higher-level thinking questions to get your students to think deeply about Ratios, Rates, and Proportions. For example, “What are some ways a builder can use what he or she knows from the blueprint to determine the appropriate amounts of materials to purchase?” The questions are ideal for thinking, discussion, and writing. This set includes a variety of engaging team, pair, class, and individual activities to make the most of your question cards. Also includes reproducible prompts for journal writing and activities for student-generated questions. Go beyond facts. Develop meaning. Promote critical and creative thinking!
The mathematics standards call for moving beyond memorization, rote learning, and application of predetermined procedures. The standards call on teachers to work toward a deeper conceptual understanding and to foster mathematical reasoning. How do we foster such a deep understanding of mathematics concepts? With deep-thinking math questions, of course. You’ll find questions for sixteen mathematics topics to promote mathematical thinking and interaction in your class. Question topics: Problem Solving; Number Patterns and Relationships; Whole Number and Decimal Place Value; Decimal Operations; Fraction Concepts; Fraction Addition and Subtraction; Fraction Multiplication and Division; Percents; Relating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents; Ratios, Rates, and Proportions; Statistics, Data Analysis, and Graphing; Algebra: Integers and Integer Operations; Algebra: Solving Equations and Inequalities; Geometry Concepts; Geometry and Measurement; Probability. 160 pages.