EXPERIENCING SCHOOL MATHEMATICS - Hardcover

BOALER

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335199631 ISBN 13: 9780335199631

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1997

Synopsis

This volume seeks to provide evidence for the effectiveness of "traditional" and "progressive" teaching methods in school mathematics. It reports upon case studies of two schools which taught mathematics in totally different ways. Three hundred students were followed over three years and the interviews that are reproduced in the text provide an insight into what it meant to be a student in the classrooms of the two schools. The different school approaches are compared and analyzed using student interviews, lesson observations, questionnaires given to students and staff and a range of different assessments, including GCSE examiniations.

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Review

"Jo Boaler has written a stunning book. Clearly written and carefully researched, it is a model of technical rigour. A wide range of qualitative and quantitative data is marshalled to produce exhaustive case studies of two contrasting mathematics departments - one traditional and one progressive. Boaler's findings represent a major challenge to the 'back to basics' credo. This book should be read as a matter of urgency by politicians, mathematics teachers, and educational researchers." - Stephen Ball, Professor of Sociology of Education, King's College, London "Anyone with an interest in making sure that every child is numerate should read this book" - Sally Tomlinson, Professor of Sociology of Education, Goldsmith's College, London

About the Author

Jo Boaler has been a mathematics teacher in inner London comprehensive schools and a full-time officer for the National Union of Teachers. She was the deputy-director of the mathematics team writing the first national curriculum tests for Key Stage 3 at King's College. Jo has a PhD in mathematics education and now works as a lecturer and researcher in mathematics education at King's College, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335199631
• ISBN 13: 9780335199631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176