New York Geometry - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

New York Geometry is the second of three books in Glencoe's New York High School Mathematics Series. This series offers complete coverage of New York's Mathematics standards, strands, and performance indicators. As students learn to integrate a comprehensive array of tools and strategies, they become proficient in mastering concepts and skills, solving problems, and communicating mathematically.
This series of books helps your students identify and justify mathematical relationships; acquire and demonstrate mathematical reasoning ability when solving problems; use visualization and spatial reasoning to analyze characteristics and properties of geometric shapes; and succeed on the Regents Examinations.

Biografía del autor

John A. Carter, PhD, is the principal of Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. He previously served as the director of mathematics and the assistant principal for teaching and learning at Adlai E. Stevenson. He taught mathematics for nineteen years at Community High School in West Chicago and at Stevenson High School.

As a teacher and professional developer, Dr. Carter's work has focused on teaching mathematics for understanding, stu dent engaged learning, and developing student reasoning. As a presenter and lesson-study facilitator, he regularly works with teachers to examine their instructional practices, further their content knowledge, and improve student achievement.

Dr. Carter has served on the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics as well as been a member of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics committees, task forces, and writing groups. He received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching in 1993 and was awarded the T. E. Rine Secondary Mathematics Teaching Award from the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 2000.

Dr. Carter earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, a master's degree in education, and a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned his doctorate in mathematics education from Illinois State University and completed postdoctoral work in educational administration at Loyola University Chicago.