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Critical Thinking Detective Math - Beginning
SKU
050433
ISBN
9781601449795
Grade 5-12
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Traditional
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Charlotte Mason
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Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
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Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
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Our Price
$10.99 
Description
Writing and exploring mathematical reasoning is a valuable experience. Not only are these detective books fun to work through, but they strengthen your child’s critical thinking skills, reading comprehension abilities and more. This book contains 12 cases to solve, each of them with the same instruction to determine the innocent and guilty suspect from the given evidence. Each case has illustrations and a simple fill-in- the-blank section for you to fill out to come up with your conclusions. There are hints and answers located in the back of the book that explain why the party was innocent or guilty. 46 pgs, pb. ~Amber
Publisher's Description of Critical Thinking Detective Math - Beginning
These popular, easy-to-use detective cases are suitable for Grades 5 – 12+. Students must apply critical reading, critical thinking, and mathematical reasoning. The mathematics needed to solve these cases is accessible to middle school and upper elementary school students, but don’t be fooled! The real challenges are to first identify the clues by synthesizing from different witnesses and suspects, and then determine the necessary math needed to turn the clues into evidence. This book starts with cases that are generally more accessible than cases in the companion Critical Thinking Detective – Math (Grades 6 – 12+), and then builds towards cases of comparable difficulty.
Some cases may be more challenging for younger students, but teachers and parents can always use the optional hints provided to help students that reach a dead end. The cases also develop observation skills, reading comprehension, and deductive and inductive thinking skills. Learning to identify and evaluate evidence is the very heart of critical thinking.
Category Description for Math Detective
An excellent series from the makers of Reading Detective! Each activity begins with a short, entertaining reading selection and some type of chart or diagram. Follow-up questions promote critical thinking, and they typically do not require a lot of computation. Answers to questions cannot be found by quickly scanning the reading or diagram for numbers. Each level contains approx. 40 activities organized according to standards-based content areas: numbers and numeration, patterns, operations, geometry and spatial sense, probability, and statistics.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Critical Thinking Company |
| Grades: | 5-12 |
| ISBN: | 9781601449795 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.125 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |
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