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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962702403321

Autore

Boaler Jo <1964->

Titolo

Experiencing school mathematics : traditional and reform approaches to teaching and their impact on student learning / / Jo Boaler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum, 2002

ISBN

1-135-64240-0

0-8058-4005-2

1-135-64241-9

1-4106-0636-8

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Studies in mathematical thinking and learning

Disciplina

510/.71/2

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Schools, Students, and Research Methods; 3 An Introduction to Amber Hill and Phoenix Park Schools; 4 Amber Hill Mathematics: Experiences and Reflections; 5 Phoenix Park Mathematics: Experiences and Reflections; 6 Finding Out What They Could Do; 7 Exploring the Differences; 8 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Mathematical Identities; 9 Girls, Boys, and Learning Styles; 10 Ability Grouping, Equity, and Survival of the Quickest; 11 Looking to the Future; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS ONLY: This is a revised edition of  Experiencing School Mathematics first published in 1997 by Open University Press, © Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale in North America only.The first book to provide direct evidence for the effectiveness of traditional and reform-oriented teaching methods, Experiencing School Mathematics reports on careful and extensive case studies of two schools that taught mathematics in totally different ways. Three hundred students were followed over three years, providing an unusual and important range of data, includin