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.Table of ContentsFront Matter1 IntroductionPart II MATHEMATICS 5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System8 Teaching and Learning FunctionsA FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES13 Pulling ThreadsBiographical Sketches of Committee Members and ContributorsIndex

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2004-12-28
  • Mått178 x 254 x 18 mm
  • Vikt580 g
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor272
  • FörlagNational Academies Press
  • EAN9780309089494

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