Teaching mathematics in middle school : a practical guide / Stephen Krulik, Jesse Rudnick, Eric Milou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krulik, Stephen.

Contributor:

Rudnick, Jesse A.

Milou, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Middle school).

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

iv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn and Bacon, [2003]

Summary:

"Written specifically for the preservice and inservice middle school math teacher, this practical guide to teaching mathematics to preadolescents draws on the latest research and more than 100 years of combined teaching experience. Taking an empirical focus, the aim of this book is to give the middle school math teacher preparing to enter the classroom what they need, when they need it. Its organization is intuitive, moving from the general/macro to the specific. Preservice and inservice middle school math teacher.

Contents:

Section I The Middle School: What's It All About? 1

Chapter 1 Why the Middle School? Origins and Issues 3

Chapter 2 The Middle School Mathematics Curriculum 17

Section II The Middle School Classroom: Your Home Away From Home 35

Chapter 3 Organizing Your Classroom 37

Chapter 4 Planning for Instruction: What Do I Do Now? 51

Chapter 5 The Art of Questioning: Don't Always Trust Your Instincts 61

Chapter 6 Technology in the Middle School Mathematics Class 71

Section III Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Thinking: Make Them Use Their Heads 87

Chapter 7 Problem Solving and Reasoning 89

Section IV Middle School Mathematics: Day-By-Day Teaching 111

Chapter 8 The First Five Minutes: Getting Started 113

Chapter 9 The Next Fifteen Minutes: Unusual Ways of Presenting Usual Topics 127

Chapter 10 The Role of Homework 165

Section V Testing and Assessing: How Did They

And You

Do? 173

Chapter 11 Testing and Evaluating Students 175

Chapter 12 Comprehensive or Alternate Assessment 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0205343279

OCLC:

50123128