Alan Lipp

The Play's the Thing (eBook, PDF)

Mathematical Games for the Classroom and Beyond

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book presents 18 games and develops the concepts of game analysis and winning strategies. Students are encouraged to play these mathematical games together, collect data developed through their play, and analyze the data to develop a winning strategy. The book provides the basis for a six- to eight-week unit on mathematical games. Each chapter also functions as a self-contained and independent exploration so that selected chapters may be used as supplementary classroom investigations or as independent projects. The book includes both familiar games (such as Quadrangles and Nim) and many others that will be new and exciting to most readers. Through the exploration of mathematical games, 'The Play's the Thing' introduces teachers and students to the fun of play and to the mathematics behind the fun.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857288714
• Artikelnr.: 44457447

Autorenporträt

Alan Lipp has been teaching mathematics since 1966, and has been playing games even longer. He has taught in middle schools, high schools, and universities. He lives in South Deerfield, Massachusetts with his wife and a very spoiled cat.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Prologue: To the Teacher
Act 0: To the Student
Act 1: Blockers
Act 2: Nimble
Act 3: More Variations
Act 4: Take Away 1, 2, 3
Act 5: Two Piles:  A Hidden Game
Act 6: Two Piles 1, 2, 3
Act 7: Nim
Act 8: Flit
Act 9: Mr Flit
Act 10: Landis
Act 11: Add’em Up
Act 12: Connect-the-Dots
Act 13: Boxes
Act 14: Hold That Line
Act 15: The Fifteen Game
Act 16: Sliders
Act 17: Lynch
Act 18: Progression: Down and Up
Act 19: Harder Stuff
Answers