9780309089494: How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom
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ISBN 10: 0309089492 ISBN 13: 9780309089494
Publisher: National Academy Press, 2004

Synopsis

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 Contents
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part II MATHEMATICS
  • 5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction
  • 6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades
  • 7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System
  • 8 Teaching and Learning Functions
  • A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES
  • 13 Pulling Threads
  • Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors
  • Index

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About the Author

M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council

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Publisher
National Academy Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309089492
ISBN 13 
9780309089494
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Editor
M. Suzanne Donovan, John D. Bransford

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