How Students Learn:

Mathematics in the Classroom

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Size: 272 pages, 7 x 10

Publication Year:2005

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M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, Editors; Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers; National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
1 Introduction	1-26	(skim)
Part II MATHEMATICS	27-28	(skim)
5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction	29-68	(skim)
6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades	69-120	(skim)
7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching the Rational-Number System	121-162	(skim)
8 Teaching and Learning Functions	163-206	(skim)
A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES	207-208	(skim)
13 Pulling Threads	209-230	(skim)
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors	231-236	(skim)
Index	237-256	(skim)

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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.

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