Celebrating Mathematical Mistakes : How to Use Students' Thinking to Unlock Understanding (Celebrate Mathematics Mistakes).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wessman-Enzinger, Nicole M.

Contributor:

Gerstenschlager, Natasha E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Solution Tree, 2024.

Summary:

"Mathematics instruction typically involves a correct answer. But what if, instead of penalizing students' mathematical mistakes, we use their errors as vehicles for deeper mathematical understanding? In Celebrating Mathematical Mistakes: How to Use Students' Thinking to Unlock Understanding, Nicole M. Wessman-Enzinger and Natasha E. Gerstenschlager posit that students' mathematical errors can be ripe teaching opportunities that allow for more meaningful learning. In this practical guide, Wessman-Enzinger and Gerstenschlager define three types of mathematical mistakes and offer several strategies and task structures-including play and games-that encourage creative and flexible mathematical reasoning. Part of the Growing the Mathematician in Every Student collection, Celebrating Mathematical Mistakes moves beyond the correct-incorrect paradigm by acknowledging the beauty, power, and ubiquity of mathematical errors"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Introduction

Part 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Part 2

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781960574336

1960574337

OCLC:

1456764829