Teaching for Understanding in Secondary School Mathematics
Connecting Concepts, Procedures, and Representations
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Beschreibung
This book is designed to help mathematics teachers understand the rationale behind procedures regularly taught in the secondary mathematics classroom.
The book begins by presenting a model of knowledge and understanding needed by teachers of mathematics. This model informs subsequent chapters in the book, addressing facets across five strands: Conceptually rich teacher explanations; Common student misconceptions; Guided discovery and active learning suggestions; Multiple mathematics representations to facilitate different learning styles; Authentic real life problems. This book is particularly suited for in-service and pre-service mathematics educators.
This book is designed to help mathematics teachers understand the rationale behind procedures regularly taught in the secondary mathematics classroom.
The book begins by presenting a model of knowledge and understanding needed by teachers of mathematics. This model informs subsequent chapters in the book, addressing facets across five strands: Conceptually rich teacher explanations; Common student misconceptions; Guided discovery and active learning suggestions; Multiple mathematics representations to facilitate different learning styles; Authentic real life problems. This book is particularly suited for in-service and pre-service mathematics educators.
Develops different facets of knowledge and understanding in-depth that are required for effective mathematics teaching Explores common student misconceptions for teachers to tackle in real-life classroom scenarios Incorporates multiple mathematical representations to facilitate different learning styles
Autor*in
Niamh O’Meara
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