Teaching - Mathematics, Mathematics - Study & Teaching
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Overview
Marilyn Burns’ signature resource continues to be at the forefront of current trends and practices for improving the teaching and learning of mathematics. Supporting a student-centered, problem-solving approach proven by research to best develop students’ thinking and reasoning of mathematics, Marilyn presents invaluable insights in a standards-driven, practical, and accessible manner. This essential resource includes more than 240 classroom-tested activities and presents the content and pedagogy teachers need to understand the math they are responsible for teaching, use effective teaching strategies, and improve students’ understanding and achievement. The book is organized in five comprehensive parts: “Raising the Issues”; “Instruction Activities for the Content Standards”; “Teaching Arithmetic”; “Mathematical Discussions”; and “Questions Teachers Ask.”Synopsis
With more than 200,000 copies of the first edition in print, About Teaching Mathematics, Second Edition presents information necessary for teachers to teach math through problem-solving. Marilyn Burns has revised and included two new sections. In Mathematical Discussions she addresses many of the activities, presenting the underlying mathematics as well as the solutions. The section Extending Multiplication and Division helps students deal with large number computation. Numerous changes have been made to the section on fractions and the book has been reorganized throughout.
Book Details
Published
September 1, 2007
Publisher
Math Solutions
Pages
464
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780941355766