Improving instruction in algebra
Helping students develop an understanding of important mathematical ideas is a persistent challenge for teachers. In this book, one of a three-volume set, well-known mathematics educators Margaret Smith, Edward A. Silver, and Mary Kay Stein provide teachers of mathematics the support they need to improve their instruction. They focus on ways to engage upper elementary, middle school, and high school students in thinking, reasoning, and problem solving to build their mathematics understanding an…
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- Full title :Improving instruction in algebra / Margaret Schwan Smith, Edward A. Silver, Mary Kay Stein, with Marjorie A. Henningsen, Melissa Boston, and Elizabeth K. Hughes.
Summary
Helping students develop an understanding of important mathematical ideas is a persistent challenge for teachers. In this book, one of a three-volume set, well-known mathematics educators Margaret Smith, Edward A. Silver, and Mary Kay Stein provide teachers of mathematics the support they need to improve their instruction. They focus on ways to engage upper elementary, middle school, and high school students in thinking, reasoning, and problem solving to build their mathematics understanding and proficiency. The content focus of Volume Two is algebra.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Teachers College Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 150 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0807745308, 9780807745304
- oclc:ocm57583253
- LC Classification:QA159
- Dewey Decimal:512.0712
Table of Contents
I: Using cases to enhance learning -- 1. Using cases to learn -- 2. Examining linear growth patterns--the case of Catherine Evans and David Young -- 3. Examining nonlinear growth patterns--the case of Ed Taylor -- 4. Comparing linear graphs--the case of Edith Hart -- 5. Interpreting graphs of time versus speed--the case of Robert Carter -- II: Facilitating learning from cases -- 6. Using cases to support learning about teaching -- 7. Facilitating learning from the case of Catherine Evans and David Young -- 8. Facilitating learning from the case of Ed Taylor -- 9. Facilitating learning from the case of Edith Hart -- 10. Facilitating learning from the case of Robert Carter.
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