Classic Thinking Games with Java
by Walter Koetke
$29.95

ISBN: 0-922473-02-1
204 pages; comb bound
©2007 Basics & Beyond Inc

Number Wonder
by Walter Koetke
$29.95

ISBN: 0-922473-00-5
172 pages; comb bound
©2003 Basics & Beyond Inc

REAL Mathematics™ is a series
of books that present superb lessons for grades 6 through 14—lessons that have been proven effective for:

• Mathematics classrooms
• Independent study
• Professional development
• Home education
• Gifted students

The core of the REAL Mathematics™ series is solving problems of real mathematics. The math problems in the REAL Mathematics™ series require thinking, planning strategies, experimenting, discussing, and writing. Technology—calculators, computer software, and programming—is used when appropriate for a problem. This series of motivational "lessons that work" is based upon the author's many years of teaching in mathematics classrooms of grades 6 through 14 and presenting professional development classes for mathematics teachers.

Books in the REAL Mathematics™ series are:

• Number Wonder - Available
• Geometric Delight - Available
• Classic Thinking Games with Java - Available
• More Classic Thinking Games with Java - Coming in 2008
• Simulations as Solutions - Coming in 2009
• Number Wonder II - Coming in 2010

The books can be used as supplements to traditional textbooks for most students or as stand-alone textbooks for accelerated students. The engaging ideas presented add excitement to learning mathematics.

Meet the Author

Walter Koetke's forty-year career of teaching middle school and high school students and teachers continues to inspire him with new ideas and challenging problems - ideas and problems that comprise the REAL Mathematics™ series.

Among his many recognitions for outstanding teaching is the Distinguished Teacher award he received from the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.

Mr. Koetke has written many mathematics and technology related articles and several textbooks and is a popular speaker at state and national meetings. He believes his degrees from MIT and Harvard provided a good background, but that most of his real learning resulted from interactions with students working on interesting problems and problem solving techniques like those in the REAL Mathematics™ series.

Mr. Koetke lives and writes in Bloomington, Indiana.