I need these books to help me organize my lessons and curriculum. I would like to provide my discrete mathematics students with stronger and more engaging instruction.
I am a first-year mathematics teacher teaching Algebra I and Discrete Mathematics. My students range from those who once detested math to those who adore the problem-solving process. Overall, my students are bursting with personality and are eager, enthusiastic learners. Although math has not been their favorite subject in the past, they are learning to appreciate the beauty of mathematics and strive to understand it more fruitfully.
Problem-solving and conceptual understanding are what I believe to be most important in the classroom in order to combat students' misunderstandings of what true mathematics is really about.
My hope is for students to see mathematics as a creative subject and guide them into becoming critical thinkers.
My Project
I am requesting several mathematics books for studying problem-solving and number theory. My degree is in mathematics education 7-12, so my knowledge of teaching a higher-level mathematics course like discrete mathematics is limited and can use some honing. Reading these books and using them in my classes will allow me to provide a deeper understanding for my students behind rich mathematical concepts that are not typically discussed in the regular high school curriculum. It will also help me organize the sequencing of concepts and lessons, making the process of learning college-level concepts more digestible and less intimidating.
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