Learning mathematics successfully : raising self-efficacy in students, teachers and parents / by Clark J. Hickman and Helene Joan Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickman, Clark J., author.

Sherman, Helene J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Mathematics.

Self-efficacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 189 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

"This book is an important resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, as well as families in applying the theory of self-efficacy to support learners in becoming confident and assured in their ability to understand and apply mathematical principles and procedures. Coupled with classroom ready mathematics instructional strategies, the book provides readers with the background, tools and strategies needed to carry content success and confidence forward to remain persistent in solving all future mathematical problems"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foundations of social learning theory and self-efficacy : teaching, learning, and mentoring

Self-efficacy and student learning

Mathematical self-efficacy and the student

Attending to professionalism : addressing the teacher's own self-efficacy to teaching mathematics

Parents' role in fostering mathematical self-efficacy : parents and teachers working together

Using self-efficacy in mathematics games and activities

Pulling it all together : self-efficacy in math, lifelong learning, and the importance of parents and teachers in shaping student-confidence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64113-739-8