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Higher-Level Thinking Questions: Secondary Math
Geometry and Measurement
This set includes 16 question cards on Geometry and Measurement. The questions are all open-ended, higher-level thinking questions to get your students to think deeply about Geometry and Measurement. For example, “What is the relationship among the area of a triangle, the area of a rectangle, and the area of a parallelogram?” 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.