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Improving Instruction in Rational Numbers and Proportionality

Author : Margaret Schwan Smith
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807745298
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Improving Instruction in Rational Numbers and Proportionality written by Margaret Schwan Smith and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 One is rational numbers and proportionality. Using materials that were developed under the NSF-funded COMET (Cases of Mathematics to Enhance Teaching) program, each volume in the set features cases from urban, middle school classrooms with ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse student populations. Each case illustrates an instructional episode in the classroom of a teacher who is implementing standards-based instruction, the teachers' perspective, including their thoughts and actions as they interact with students and with key aspects of mathematical content, cognitively challenging mathematics activities that are built around samples of authentic classroom practice., and facilitation chapters to help professional developers "teach" the cases, including specific guidelines for facilitating discussions and suggestions for connecting the ideas presented in the cases to a teacher's own practice. As a complete set, this resource provides a basis on which to build a comprehensive professional development program to improve mathematics instruction and student learning.

Improving Instruction in Geometry and Measurement

Author : Margaret Schwan Smith
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807745311
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Improving Instruction in Geometry and Measurement written by Margaret Schwan Smith and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 One is rational numbers and proportionality. Using materials that were developed under the NSF-funded COMET (Cases of Mathematics to Enhance Teaching) program, each volume in the set features cases from urban, middle school classrooms with ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse student populations. Each case illustrates an instructional episode in the classroom of a teacher who is implementing standards-based instruction, the teachers' perspective, including their thoughts and actions as they interact with students and with key aspects of mathematical content, cognitively challenging mathematics activities that are built around samples of authentic classroom practice., and facilitation chapters to help professional developers "teach" the cases, including specific guidelines for facilitating discussions and suggestions for connecting the ideas presented in the cases to a teacher's own practice. As a complete set, this resource provides a basis on which to build a comprehensive professional development program to improve mathematics instruction and student learning.

The Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education: Volume 2

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9087905467
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education: Volume 2 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education, the first of its kind, addresses the learning of mathematics teachers at all levels of schooling to teach mathematics, and the provision of activity and programmes in which this learning can take place. It consists of four volumes. Volume 2, Tools and Processes in Mathematics Teacher Education, focuses on the “how” of mathematics teacher education.

Implementing Standards-Based Math Instruction

Author : Mary Kay Stein
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807775207
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Implementing Standards-Based Math Instruction written by Mary Kay Stein and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers and teacher educators interested in synthesizing their current practice with new mathematics standards will welcome this highly useful volume. Author Mary Kay Stein and her colleagues at the QUASAR Project at the University of Pittsburgh present prevalent cases of mathematics instruction drawn from their research of nearly 500 classroom lessons. The Mathematical Tasks Framework, developed by the authors and explained thoroughly in the book, offers teachers and teacher educators the means to evaluate instructional decisions, the choice of materials, and learning outcomes, and the case studies afford readers the opportunity to ground these ideas in actual classroom practice. Readers will gain insight about how to foster a challenging, cognitively rich, and exciting classroom climate that propels students toward a richer understanding of mathematics. “If every teacher and teacher educator took the opportunity to study and discuss these cases, students everywhere would know and value mathematics as the national standards have envisioned.” —Susan Loucks-Horsley, Director of Professional Development for the National Institute for Science Education “The power of case discussions can be fully realized using this book as a tool. Equally important, teachers will be highly motivated because they see their own practice mirrored in the cases.” —Carne Barnett, WestEd, San Francisco, CA

Expertise in Mathematics Instruction

Author : Yeping Li
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441977074
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Expertise in Mathematics Instruction written by Yeping Li and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accumulated research findings in past decades have led to the common knowledge that teachers’ professional knowledge is essential to effective classroom instruction. However, there is still very limited understanding about the nature of teachers’ expertise in mathematics instruction. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction addresses this need clearly and concisely. In particular, it examines all aspects of emphases employed to characterize the nature of expertise in mathematics instruction from both researchers’ and practitioners’ perspectives. Moreover, with research contributions from both the East and the West, this book also examines ideas pertinent to fostering and demonstrating expertise in mathematics instruction within different system contexts. This book will raise questions and issues for mathematics education researchers to guide a critical examination of what can be learned from other education systems. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction builds on its theoretical and methodological approach with contributions from international experts in the field. Additionally, a review of related research from mathematics education serves as an introduction to the new research in both Eastern and Western settings. Concluding this resource is a reflection on the benefits of this international collaboration and possible research directions for the future. The final chapter cohesively joins traditional and current research for action. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction is of interest to researchers in mathematics education, mathematics teacher educators, and mathematics educators.

Cases in Mathematics Teacher Education

Author : Margaret S. Smith
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623969484
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Cases in Mathematics Teacher Education written by Margaret S. Smith and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Orginally published in 2008) The goal of AMTE Monograph 4, "Cases in Mathematics Teacher Education: Tools for Developing Knowledge Needed for Teaching", is to provide detailed accounts of case use that will inform the mathematics teacher education community on the range of ways in which cases can be used to foster teacher learning and the capacity to reflect on and learn from teaching. The chapters in this monograph describe the use of cases with preservice and practicing teachers at all levels K - 12, in content and methods courses as well as professional development settings, and focus on developing various aspects of teachers' knowledge base (i.e., content, pedagogy, and students as learners). Hence, Monograph 4 should prove to be a superb resource for mathematics teacher educators.

Designing Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom

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Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807746332
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Designing Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom written by and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how middle school science teachers, in collaboration with a team of researchers, tried to improve their everyday assessment practices to enhance student learning. It discusses the challenges they faced, the differences among the teachers, and the personal nature of deep educational change. A product of CAPITAL (Classroom Assessment Project to Improve Teaching and Learning), a research effort supported by the National Science Foundation, this book: Uses classroom stories to show how teachers can use a variety of formative assessment techniques to answer questions they have about their teaching.; Provides real-life examples of teachers grappling with new practices at a personal level, in their own settings and in light of their own values and beliefs; Offers suggestions for designing professional development efforts that recognize the significant variation among teachers in how they go about changing their assessment practices ; Outlines principles and practices that must accompany change in the classroom if it is to be more than superficial.

Science Education for Everyday Life

Author : Glen S. Aikenhead
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807746349
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Science Education for Everyday Life written by Glen S. Aikenhead and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science. Approaches that connect students to broader human concerns in their everyday life and culture. Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, summarizes major worldwide historical findings; focuses on present thinking; and offers evidence in support of classroom practice. This highly accessible text covers curriculum policy, teaching materials, teacher orientations, teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.

Handbook of Research on Online Pedagogical Models for Mathematics Teacher Education

Author : Wachira, Patrick
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799814777
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Online Pedagogical Models for Mathematics Teacher Education by : Wachira, Patrick

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Online Pedagogical Models for Mathematics Teacher Education written by Wachira, Patrick and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online learning has become an important vehicle for teacher and student learning. When well designed, online environments can be very powerful in a way that is consistent with the goals of inquiry, experimentation, investigation, reasoning, and problem solving so learners can develop a deep understanding of a subject. Some subjects, however, are not well suited for this type of learning due to the need for small group collaborating and hands-on problem solving. The Handbook of Research on Online Pedagogical Models for Mathematics Teacher Education provides innovative insights into technology applications and tools used in teaching mathematics online and provides examples of online learning environments and platforms that are suitable for meeting math education goals of inquiry, investigation, reasoning, and problem solving. The content within this publication examines access to education, professional development, and web-based learning. It is designed for teachers, curriculum developers, instructional designers, educational software developers, IT consultants, higher education faculty, policymakers, administrators, researchers, academicians, and students.

Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades

Author : Despina A. Stylianou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135856753
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades by : Despina A. Stylianou

Download or read book Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades written by Despina A. Stylianou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Co-Publication of Routledge for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) In recent years there has been increased interest in the nature and role of proof in mathematics education; with many mathematics educators advocating that proof should be a central part of the mathematics education of students at all grade levels. This important new collection provides that much-needed forum for mathematics educators to articulate a connected K-16 "story" of proof. Such a story includes understanding how the forms of proof, including the nature of argumentation and justification as well as what counts as proof, evolve chronologically and cognitively and how curricula and instruction can support the development of students’ understanding of proof. Collectively these essays inform educators and researchers at different grade levels about the teaching and learning of proof at each level and, thus, help advance the design of further empirical and theoretical work in this area. By building and extending on existing research and by allowing a variety of voices from the field to be heard, Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades not only highlights the main ideas that have recently emerged on proof research, but also defines an agenda for future study.

Mathematics Teachers at Work

Author : Janine T. Remillard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135855625
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics Teachers at Work written by Janine T. Remillard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles and synthesizes existing research on teachers’ use of mathematics curriculum materials and the impact of curriculum materials on teaching and teachers, with a particular emphasis on – but not restricted to – those materials developed in the 1990s in response to the NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Despite the substantial amount of curriculum development activity over the last 15 years and growing scholarly interest in their use, the book represents the first compilation of research on teachers and mathematics curriculum materials and the first volume with this focus in any content area in several decades.

Planting the Seeds of Algebra, 3-5

Author : Monica Neagoy
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483379760
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Book Synopsis Planting the Seeds of Algebra, 3-5 by : Monica Neagoy

Download or read book Planting the Seeds of Algebra, 3-5 written by Monica Neagoy and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give your students a foundation of algebra for math success – now and in the future! Algebra is not something to be feared, but something to be embraced with a sense of wonder. Planting the Seeds of Algebra, 3-5, introduces algebra as an accessible way of seeing the world that is necessary to our students’ futures. Students and teachers must become friendly with algebraic foundations, as they have increasingly become the gateway to careers in the STEM fields. Monica Neagoy empowers teachers with theoretical and practical ways to introduce Algebra to 3-5 grade students, making vital connections to concepts they will encounter in middle school and beyond. You’ll discover Four explorations to help you weave key algebraic ideas into everyday mathematics Step-by-step lessons from real classrooms that will guide you in teaching concepts and in establishing their relevance and applicability New teaching methods that break down difficult algebraic concepts and build a critical foundation for higher math Awaken new awareness and change attitudes by sowing the seeds for a vibrant, useful, and rich experience with mathematics. "While reading this book I experienced the sense of wonder and aha moments alongside the students themselves. This book will move your faculty to new depths of understanding about mathematics and will instill the passion to explore a myriad of algebraic concepts." — Bob Weiman, Director St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School "She’s done it again! Monica Neagoy has authored another book that deftly presents important foundations of algebra while celebrating mathematics through carefully crafted explorations, all of which include student and teacher vignettes and comments about the mathematics they have learned and are teaching. Wow. When I read this book I felt like I was in a classroom!" — Francis (Skip) Fennell, McDaniel College Past President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners

Author : Guler, Nilufer
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522531246
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners by : Guler, Nilufer

Download or read book Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners written by Guler, Nilufer and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching English language learners has long presented challenges for teachers tasked with bringing these students to a level of language comprehension comparable to that of native speakers. These challenges and issues can lead to difficulty comprehending core academic topics for those learning the English language. Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners is a critical scholarly publication that explores the importance of English as a Second Language (ESL) education as well as the challenges that can arise in striving for effective and engaging learning environments for the students involved. Featuring a broad scope of topics, such as effective lesson plans, teacher education and preparation, and the education achievement gap, this book is geared toward academicians, practitioners, and researchers seeking current research on effective teaching strategies for teachers of English language learners.

Mathematics Teaching

Author : Johnny W. Lott
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623969549
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics Teaching written by Johnny W. Lott and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Orginally published in 2010) The seventh monograph of AMTE highlights examples of important scholarship of and for the mathematics teacher education community. This monograph, like others produced by AMTE, serves as a forum for mathematics teacher educators to exchange ideas, experiences, resources, and detailed accounts of work to improve teacher preparation. Chapters in this monograph take up a variety of issues such as using online social networking in the preparation of teachers, examining the impact of textbook specific professional development, and offering a mathematics-specific reading in the content area course.

Proving in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom

Author : Andreas J. Stylianides
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019103472X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Proving in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom written by Andreas J. Stylianides and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although proving is core to mathematics as a sense-making activity, it currently has a marginal place in elementary classrooms internationally. Blending research with practical perspectives, this book addresses what it would take to elevate the place of proving at elementary school. The book uses classroom episodes from two countries to examine different kinds of proving tasks and the proving activity they can generate in the elementary classroom. It examines further the role of teachers in mediating the relationship between proving tasks and proving activity, including major mathematical and pedagogical issues that arise for teachers as they implement each kind of proving task. In addition to its contribution to research knowledge, the book has important implications for teaching, curricular resources, and teacher education.

How Students Learn

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309074339
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book How Students Learn written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-01-23 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives? In this volume, practical questions that confront every classroom teacher are addressed using the latest exciting research on cognition, teaching, and learning. How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the bestselling 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. Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can be applied in teaching history, science, and math topics at three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Leading educators explain in detail how they developed successful curricula and teaching approaches, presenting strategies that serve as models for curriculum development and classroom instruction. Their recounting of personal teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume. The book explores the importance of balancing students' knowledge of historical fact against their understanding of concepts, such as change and cause, and their skills in assessing historical accounts. It discusses how to build straightforward science experiments into true understanding of scientific principles. And it 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. How Students Learn offers a highly useful blend of principle and practice. It will be important not only to teachers, administrators, curriculum designers, and teacher educators, but also to parents and the larger community concerned about children's education.

Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education

Author : Alisa Belzer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135601321
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Book Synopsis Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education by : Alisa Belzer

Download or read book Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education written by Alisa Belzer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant topics, it includes contributors from the realms of both policy and practice and encompasses both the major instructional areas-reading, writing, and mathematics-as well as larger issues of literacy, learning, and adulthood. Each chapter focuses on what improving quality in the field might look like through the particular lens of the author's work. As a whole, the broad scope of topics and ideas addressed will raise the level of discussion, knowledge, and practice regarding quality in adult basic education. In this book, the term adult basic education refers to the broad range of services for adults who wish to improve their literacy and language skills, including beginning and intermediate writing, writing and numeracy, preGED, GED/Adult Secondary Education, and ESL instruction that takes place in a range of contexts including schools, community-based programs, and workplace development programs. The volume is organized around three themes: *Accountability, Standards, and the Use of Documentation and Research; *Program Structures and Instruction; and *Rethinking Our Assumptions and Concepts. Coming at a time of increasing pressure to standardize, to be accountable, and to improve outcomes, and when calls for evidence-based practice are fueling stakeholders' interest in the relationship between research and practice at all levels of the system, Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education is particularly timely for scholars, graduate students, and professionals in the field of adult basic education.