Improving instruction in geometry and measurement
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 geometry and measurement / Margaret Schwan Smith, Edward A. Silver, Mary Kay Stein, with Marjorie A. Henningsen and Melissa Boston.
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 Three is geometry and measurement.
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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, 134 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0807745316, 9780807745311
- oclc:ocm56033041
- LC Classification:QA461
- Dewey Decimal:516/.0071/2
Table of Contents
I: Using cases to enhance learning -- 1. Using cases to learn -- 2. Reasoning about units for linear and area measure--the case of Barbara Crafton -- 3. Exploring area and perimeter--the case of Isabelle Olson -- 4. Exploring volume and surface area--the case of Keith Campbell -- 5. Estimating and calculating volume--the case of Nancy Upshaw -- II: Facilitating learning from cases -- 6. Using cases to support learning about teaching -- 7. Facilitating learning from the case of Barbara Crafton -- 8. Facilitating learning from the case of Isabelle Olson -- 9. Facilitating learning from the case of Keith Campbell -- 10. Facilitating learning from the case of Nancy Upshaw.
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