Through Mathematical Eyes: Exploring Functional Relationships in Math and Science: v. 2 (Moving Middle Schools S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 043507217X ISBN 13: 9780435072179

Publisher: Heinemann, 1997

Synopsis

This text shows how teachers can enhance students' mathematical power by concentrating on the concept of "functions", to help create: the ability to model real-world phenomena mathematically; and the capacity to create graphic, linguistic and numerical representations of mathematical information.

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About the Author

DENNIE PALMER WOLF has worked, written, taught, and conducted research in the fields of literacy, arts and humanities education, and new approaches to assessment for more than twenty-five years. Through her current project, PACE, she designs and researches school and community efforts to create learning opportunities, both in and out of school, that permit diverse children to become actively engaged in contemporary culture--as thinkers, authors, designers, and inventors. Wolf also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.RON RITCHHART has taught elementary and middle school mathematicsJULIE CRAVEN has been teaching for ten years. She has worked extensively on restructuring and curriculum development programs, both as a teacher and as a researcher at PACE.DANA BALICK is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. While at PACE, she managed projects focused on the potential role of arts and cultural education in contemporary school reform. She is currently associated with Programs in Professional Education (PPE) at Harvard, a set of programs devoted to the education of adults who teach children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 043507217X
• ISBN 13: 9780435072179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Ritchhart Ron, Wolf Dennie Palmer, Craven Julie, Balick Dana