Foreword Preface Introduction I.Definition Section 1.A Rose Is Still a Rose - Other Terms to See Math Differently *Some Other Ways to "See" Math *Visual-Spatial and Auditory-Sequential *Keep in Mind 1.Learning Styles, Learning Networks, and Learning Intelligences *Learning Styles *Learning Networks *Learning Intelligences *Learning Preferences through the Senses *Seeing Relationships with Your Hands *Seeing Patterns with Your Imagination *Keep in Mind 1.GPS of Reading Math *Straight Line Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left *Around Left-to-right Then Reversed *Top-to-Bottom and Bottom-to-Top *Diagonal Left-to-Right and Diagonal Right-to-Left *Eye-Tracking Combinations *Keep in Mind I.Organization Section 4.Assessments and the Visual-Spatial Child *Visual-Spatial and Testing *Show Your Work *Keep in Mind 1.What You See Is What You Say *Eyesight That a Good Pair of Eyeglasses Will Help *Eyesight That May Need More Than a Good Pair of Eyeglasses *Mental Sight That a Good Imagination Can Help *How to Capitalize on What Your Child Does See *A Different Way to See Math "Facts" *Seeing Fractions with Pictures - Or Not *Keep in Mind 1.
Finding Your Math Jigsaw Strengths *Multiply with Base Ten Blocks Jigsaw *Early Stages for Smaller Puzzles *Final Assembly of the Two-Digit Jigsaw Puzzle *Different Multiplication Table Jigsaws *Word Problem Jigsaws *Keep in Mind * Relationships with Mathematics Section 7.Math Avoiders Are Still Here *Stress of Success *Premature Precision *Shame Shackles *Only-One-Right-Answer-or-Method Myth *Six Things the Math Aficionado Knows That the Math Avoider Doesn't Know *Keep in Mind 1.Math Aficionados at Work *Spelunking for Patterns *Predictable Changes Create Patterns *Doubling Sides - Doubling Areas? Not So Fast *Volume Follows Suit *Keep in Mind 1.Insight Is an Inside Job *Hands-On Insight *Math Abstractions Too Soon *The Squares Have It *Statistics and Squares *What's In a Square Root? *Squares To Cubes And. *Keep in Mind IV.Connections 7.Mathematics of Looking *Math Relationships as Seen Through a Photographer's Eyes *Balance *Angle and Shape *Vanishing Point Proportion *Patterns of Repetition *Ben's Engaging View *Keep in Mind *Mathematics of Moving *Feeling the Math in Dance Movements *The Beat of Proportion *Sports Angles and Baskets *Sports Fields and Angles *Keep in Mind 12.Mathematics of Building *Building Blocks for Shape Form *Ratios for Stairs *Roof Pitch, Ratios, and Angles *A Pythagorean Tunnel *Keep in Mind Conclusion: What Parents Can Do *Color-Coding *Brainstorming Webs and Other Organizers *Use the Tools of Math *Top Five Do List *Keep in Mind Glossary References.