How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom (National Research Council) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On How People Learn, A Targeted Report For Teachers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309089492 ISBN 13: 9780309089494

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction
• Part II MATHEMATICS
• 5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction
• 6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades
• 7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System
• 8 Teaching and Learning Functions
• A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES
• 13 Pulling Threads
• Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors
• Index

About this title

About the Author:

M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0309089492
• ISBN 13: 9780309089494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Bransford John D., Donovan M. Suzanne