How Students Learn
Mathematics in the Classroom
Published on 28. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-309-08949-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-08949-4 (9780309089494)
DOI
10.17226/11101
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 Part II MATHEMATICS; 4 5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction; 5 6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades; 6 7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System; 7 8 Teaching and Learning Functions; 8 A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES; 9 13 Pulling Threads; 10 Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors; 11 Index