Books with author Frank Schaffer Publications

The NCTM standards-based, reproducible activities in this resource are designed to help your students master a new approach to attacking math problems while reinforcing essential basic skills that comprise the core of any math curriculum. Students learn to F.O.C.U.S. (Find what?, Organize, Choose a strategy and solve, Understandable?, Summarize) which helps to break down problems into manageable pieces and solve them. The content is divided into five areas including Number and Operations, Algebra, Measurement, Geometry, and Data Analysis and Probability. Analytical thinking and progressive exercises are provided along with critical-response questions, a F.O.C.U.S. poster, assessments, and an answer key.