Mathematics Teaching Cases : Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, and Percents Hard to Teach and Hard to Learn?. This item is unavailable.Mathematics Teaching Cases : Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, and Percents Hard to Teach and Hard to Learn?

This work is aimed at anyone interested in mathematics teaching and learning. The case discussion approach of the editors is intended to promote dialogue between and among teachers which serves as a catalyst for changing and improving the curriculum.

DONNA GOLDENSTEIN has been a classroom teacher for more than twenty-five years. As an associate director of the Bay Area Mathematics Project and a consultant on state and national assessment, she is deeply involved in teachers professional development.CARNE BARNETT-CLARKe is the Director of the Mathematics Case Methods Project at WestEd, a nonprofit educational institution in Oakland, California. A former teacher in Bay Area public schools and teacher educator at the University of California, Berkeley, she is one of the pioneers of using cases as a professional development tool in mathematics education. She coedited Mathematics Teaching Cases: Fractions, Decimals, Ratios & Percents (Heinemann, 1994), a counterpart to this volume for upper elementary and middle school teachers.BABETTE JACKSON is a long-time classroom teacher with a strong interest in student learning, professional development, and educational philosophy. She is currently a principal of an elementary school in Hayward, California.