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Mathematics in the classroom / Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers ; M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers.
- Series:
- How students learn
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classroom management.
- Curriculum planning.
- Learning.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom" builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling "How People Learn." Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. This book shows how to overcome the difficulties in teaching math to generate real insight and reasoning in math students. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Part II MATHEMATICS""; ""5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction""; ""6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades""; ""7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System""; ""8 Teaching and Learning Functions""; ""A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES""; ""13 Pulling Threads""; ""Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- "Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies."
- Includes the introduction and concluding chapter and the subset of chapters focusing on mathematics from How students learn : history, mathematics, and science in the classroom.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780309548021
- 0309548020
- OCLC:
- 923273972
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