Upper elementary mathematics lessons : case studies of real teaching /
Anna Graeber, Linda Valli, and Kristie Jones Newton.
- Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011.
- xv, 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PrefaceAlternative Thematic FrameworksIntroductionPart I: The Teaching of Mathematics - Lesson CasesCase 1: Promoting One of the Meanings of Multiplication: Requesting Alternate Methods in Order to Foster UnderstandingCase 2: Fractions, Decimals and Percents: Evoking Student ReasoningCommentary: A Teacher Educator PerspectiveCase 3: Getting a Sense of Grams: Building Conceptual UnderstandingCommentary: A Teacher Educator PerspectiveCase 4: Converting Among Customary Units of Measure: Attending to Students' Developmental LevelsCommentary: A Teacher's PerspectiveCase 5: Converting Units Within a System of Measurement: Encouraging ResourcefulnessCommentary: An English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) PerspectiveCase 6: Distinguishing Between Area and Perimeter: Using Multiple Representations to Aid DiscriminationCase 7: Exploring the Meanings of "Volume": Recognizing a Word's Everyday Meaning and its Mathematical MeaningCommentary: An English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) PerspectiveCommentary: A Teacher's PerspectiveCase 8: The Importance of Sample Size: Posing High Level Questions to Build UnderstandingCommentary: A Teacher's PerspectiveCase 9: Continuous versus Discrete Data: Using Concept Attainment to Define Mathematical TermsPart II: Perspectives on Teaching - CommentariesLearner-Centered Psychological PrinciplesMoral Perspectives on TeachingPerspective from the Special Education Math LiteratureA Principal's PerspectiveReferencesList of Contributors
9781442211964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Case studies. Matemáticas--Enseñanza primaria Matemáticas elementales--Enseñanza