Matthew Oldridge

Teaching Mathematics through Problem-Solving in K-12 Classrooms (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Teaching through problem-solving" is a commonly used phrase for mathematics educators. This book shows how to use worthwhile and interesting mathematics tasks and problems to build a classroom culture based on students' reasoning and thinking. It develops a set of axioms about problem-solving classrooms to show teachers that mathematics is playful and engaging. It presents an aspirational vision for school mathematics, one which all teachers can bring into being in their classrooms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475843347
• Artikelnr.: 56798533

Autorenporträt

By Matthew Oldridge

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Towards A Definition of Teaching
through Problem-Solving Chapter 2: What Do We Think About, When We Think
About Mathematics? Chapter 3: Ways of Thinking About And Representing
Problems Chapter 4: The Mutually Complementary Nature of Procedural and
Conceptual Chapter 5: Full Instructional Guidance and Deliberate Practice
Chapter 6: Mathematics Classrooms Are Spaces for Talking, Reasoning,
Thinking, and Wondering Chapter 7: Mathematics Can Be Playful Coda: QED?
Bibliography Index About the Author