Teaching and Learning Elementary and Middle School Mathematics - Couverture souple

Sheffield, Linda Jensen; Cruikshank, Douglas E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471387975 ISBN 13 : 9780471387978

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Explore mathematical topics and issues with journal exercises! At the beginning of each chapter in the Fourth Edition Update, you'll find a unique new feature - My Math Journal. These journal exercises give you the opportunity to think deeply about specific mathematical topics, sharpen your mathematical reasoning skills, and explore current issues and controversies in the teaching of mathematics. Updated with the NCTM Principles and Standards 2000 Based on the NCTM Principles and Standards 2000, Sheffield and Cruikshank's Fourth Edition Update will help you teach elementary and middle school students to think mathematically, logically, visually, and creatively. Also available from Jossey Bass - A Wiley Company www josseybass.com Mathematics Assessment: What Works in the Classroom Gerald Kulm ISBN: 0--7879--0040--0 Comprehensive and filled with practical wisdom, this guide shows how to plan and implement alternative math assessment in the classroom. Teachers from any grade level or setting will find strategies for assessing students' grasp of procedures, concepts, and problem--solving.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Help students make sense of mathematics

Rather than merely discussing how to improve students ability to do mathematics, Sheffield and Cruikshank s Fifth Edition of Teaching and Learning Elementary and Middle School Mathematics focuses on helping them make sense of mathematics. Based on research on the functioning of the mind as it engages in learning, the text supports teachers as they promote mathematical understanding, strengthen students abilities to think, and help students to attain computational fluency.

Features

• A rich collection of ready–to–use learning activities. Activities are based on current research into student learning, mathematics instruction, and developmental practices.
• Fully integrated language and intent of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (PSSM).
• A greater emphasis on problem solving and higher–level thinking using rich learning tasks that encourage in–depth reasoning and utilize a wide variety of physical models to exemplify mathematical concepts.
• A greater focus on teaching mathematics to diverse learners.
• Weblinks to the latest research and activities.
• Numerous opportunities for discussion and reflection on the ideas that emerge from the chapter material.
• Descriptions of a variety of promising and effective mathematics programs for the K 8 levels.

Rather than merely discussing how to improve students ability to do mathematics, this fifth edition focuses on helping them make sense of mathematics. Based on research on the functioning of the mind as it engages in learning, the text supports teachers as they promote mathematical understanding, strengthen students abilities to think, and help students to attain computational fluency.

Features

• A rich collection of ready–to–use learning activities
• Fully integrated language and intent of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (PSSM).
• A greater emphasis on problem solving and higher–level thinking A greater focus on teaching mathematics to diverse learners
• Descriptions of a variety of promising and effective mathematics programs for the K 8 levels

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471387975
• ISBN 13: 9780471387978
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible