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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958426803321

Titolo

Mathematics in the classroom / / Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers ; M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

9780309548021

0309548020

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

How students learn

Altri autori (Persone)

BransfordJohn

DonovanSuzanne

Disciplina

370.1523

Soggetti

Classroom management

Curriculum planning

Learning

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Elementary)

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies."

Includes the introduction and concluding chapter and the subset of chapters focusing on mathematics from How students learn : history, mathematics, and science in the classroom.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""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""