Mathematics Instruction: Goals, Tasks and Activities
Yearbook 2018, Association of Mathematics Educators
Published on 18. July 2018
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-981-327-166-1 (ISBN)
Description
The book, the tenth volume in the series of yearbooks by the Association of Mathematics Educators in Singapore, comprises 14 chapters written by renowned researchers in mathematics education. The chapters offer mathematics teachers a cache of teaching ideas and resources for classroom instruction. Readers will find various task design principles, examples of mathematical tasks used in classrooms and teaching approaches to implement the tasks. Through these discussions, readers are invited to reflect and rethink their beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning in the 21st century, and reexamine the tasks and activities that they use in the classroom, in order to bring about positive impact on students' learning of mathematics.
This book contributes towards literature in the field of mathematics education, specifically on mathematics instruction and the design of mathematical tasks and activities.
This book contributes towards literature in the field of mathematics education, specifically on mathematics instruction and the design of mathematical tasks and activities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
568 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-327-166-1 (9789813271661)
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Content
Tasks and Activities in the Mathematics Classroom; From Task to Activity: Noticing Affordances, Design, and Orchestration; Affordances of Typical Problems; Mathematical Tasks Enacted by Two Competent Teachers to Facilitate the Learning of Vectors by Grade Ten Students; Use of Comics and Its Adaptation in the Mathematics Classroom; Designing and Implementing Scientific Calculator Tasks and Activities; Engaging the Hearts of Mathematics Learners; Developing Interaction Toward the Goal of the Lesson in a Primary Mathematics Classroom; Designing and Implementing Activities in the Flipped Classroom in the Singapore Primary Mathematics Classroom; Designing Mathematical Modelling Activities for the Primary Mathematics Classroom; Extending Textbook Exercises into Short Open-Ended Tasks for Primary Mathematics Classroom Instruction; Integrating Problem Posing into Mathematical Problem Solving: An Experimental Study; A Vicennial Walk Through 'A' Level Mathematics in Singapore: Reflecting on the Curriculum Leadership Role of the JC Mathematics Teacher; Probability: Theory and Teaching;