Using KenKen to Build Reasoning Skills

Autor/inn/en	Reiter, Harold B.; Thornton, John; Vennebush, G. Patrick
Titel	Using KenKen to Build Reasoning Skills
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teacher, 107 (2013) 5, S.341-347 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0025-5769
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Mathematical Logic; Number Concepts; Mathematics Skills; Educational Games; Puzzles; Middle School Students; High School Students; Secondary School Mathematics; Concept Formation; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Educational game; Lernspiel; Legespiel; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	KenKen® is the new Sudoku. Like Sudoku, KenKen requires extensive use of logical reasoning. Unlike Sudoku, KenKen requires significant reasoning with numbers and operations and helps develop number sense. The creator of KenKen puzzles, Tetsuya Miyamoto, believed that "if you give children good learning materials, they will think and learn and grow on their own" (Nextoy 2012). KenKen puzzles help develop perseverance and stamina, and in the classroom they promote problem solving, reasoning, and communication. Because KenKen puzzles can vary in difficulty, they can be used effectively in middle school classrooms, high school classrooms, extracurricular math clubs, mathematics courses for nonmajors, and methods courses for preservice teachers. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10