Download or read book A Study of Some of the Most Difficult Topics Identified in Teaching Mathematics in Grades Four to Eight written by John Patrick McGrath and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study attempted to make use of the expertise and experience of teachers to identify some of the most difficult topics in teaching mathematics in grades four to eight in three particular elementary schools. It also sought teachers' opinions as to why the difficulties exist, asked the teachers to share their classroom-tested techniques for overcoming these difficulties, and then attempted to determine trends of difficulties across grade levels. -- The procedure involved classroom visits, teacher interviews and two questionnaires administered to teachers at each grade level. The investigator observed five grade four classes, seven grade fives, ten grade sixes, eight grade sevens and nine grade eight classes. He worked with thirty-eight teachers who are directly involved with the teaching of elementary school mathematics. -- The first questionnaire listed topics appropriate to each grade level and asked teachers to rate them from 1 - no difficulty, to 5 - extreme difficulty. Using the results of the first questionnaire, a list of approximately eight of the most difficult topics was prepared for each grade level. On a second questionnaire, teachers were presented with these eight or so topics and asked to select the three most difficult. They were also asked to indicate the specific aspects of the difficulties, their reasons for the difficulties, and suggestions for dealing with them. The resulting information was analysed for each grade level and trends across grade levels were determined. -- Topics such as world problems, division, multiplication number facts, fractions, and geometry were indicated as major problem areas at all grade levels. Difficulties with such topics as place value, work with other bases, percent, and areas and volumes were specific to particular grade levels. -- Reasons for the difficulties ranged from very general to very specific. Lack of reading comprehension skills was often given as a reason for the difficulty with word problems, whereas, not having multiplication number facts mastered was often given as one reason for the difficulty with long division. -- Teaching techniques offered ranged from general suggestions such as making greater use of manipulative materials, to specific suggestions such as allowing the use of multiplication fact cards for work with division. Some suggestions were very explicit in that they outlined step-by-step procedures for dealing with certain problem areas.
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Download or read book PISA Learning Mathematics for Life A Perspective from PISA written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Mathematics for Life examines the link between the PISA test requirements and student performance. It focuses specifically on the proportions of students who answer questions correctly across a range of difficulty. The questions are classified by content, competencies, context and format.
Download or read book Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning written by Frank K. Lester and published by IAP. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The audience remains much the same as for the 1992 Handbook, namely, mathematics education researchers and other scholars conducting work in mathematics education. This group includes college and university faculty, graduate students, investigators in research and development centers, and staff members at federal, state, and local agencies that conduct and use research within the discipline of mathematics. The intent of the authors of this volume is to provide useful perspectives as well as pertinent information for conducting investigations that are informed by previous work. The Handbook should also be a useful textbook for graduate research seminars. In addition to the audience mentioned above, the present Handbook contains chapters that should be relevant to four other groups: teacher educators, curriculum developers, state and national policy makers, and test developers and others involved with assessment. Taken as a whole, the chapters reflects the mathematics education research community's willingness to accept the challenge of helping the public understand what mathematics education research is all about and what the relevance of their research fi ndings might be for those outside their immediate community.
Download or read book Math Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties written by Susan Perry Gurganus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly updated third edition of Math Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties presents a research-based approach to mathematics instruction designed to build confidence and competence in preservice and inservice PreK- 12 teachers. Referencing benchmarks of both the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, this essential text addresses teacher and student attitudes towards mathematics as well as language issues, specific mathematics disabilities, prior experiences, and cognitive and metacognitive factors. Chapters on assessment and instruction precede strands that focus on critical concepts. Replete with suggestions for class activities and field extensions, the new edition features current research across topics and an innovative thread throughout chapters and strands: multi-tiered systems of support as they apply to mathematics instruction.
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Download or read book Your Mathematics Standards Companion Grades 6 8 written by Ruth Harbin Miles and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming the standards into learning outcomes just got a lot easier In this resource, you can see in an instant how teaching to your state standards should look and sound in the classroom. Under the premise that math is math, the authors provide a Cross-Referencing Index for states implementing their own specific mathematics standards, allowing you to see and understand which page number to turn to for standards-based teaching ideas. It’s all here, page by page: Get the inside scoop on which standards connect, what key vocabulary means, and time-saving tables showing where to focus instruction for each grade Write curriculum for: ratios and proportional relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, functions, geometry, and statistics & probability Use the What to Teach pages to deliver powerful standards-based lessons Learn effective techniques to create an environment where all students can experience math break-throughs Incorporate the Standards for Mathematical Practice to improve students’ ability to problem solve, construct viable arguments, use tools strategically, attend to precision, and more Cross-referenced index listing the standards in the following states, explaining what is unique to the standards of each state Your Mathematics Standards Companion is your one-stop guide for teaching, planning, assessing, collaborating, and designing powerful mathematics curriculum.
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Download or read book Enhancing Teacher Education Development and Evaluation written by Alyson L. Lavigne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation examines the complex role that recent educational reforms have played in the teaching profession. The failure of programs like Race to the Top to benefit teaching and learning outcomes has yielded many questions about what went wrong and how a research-based plan for true systemic progress could actually work. Covering inaccurate narratives about schools and student achievement, evidence for teacher effectiveness, and the history and repercussions of Race to the Top, this book culminates with a proposal for future research and policy initiatives that more accurately and more equitably prioritize the measurement and improvement of teaching and learning. Five concise yet comprehensive chapters invite teacher and principal educators, teachers and school leaders in training, district administrators, policymakers, and other stakeholders to better understand the implications of and possible paths beyond misguided reform efforts. An overview of the recent past and an inspiration for the immediate future, this definitive analysis offers insights into how more reasonable, empirically derived strategies will ultimately foster more successful schools.
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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Teaching written by Drew Gitomer and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 1712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Edition of the Handbook of Research on Teachingis an essential resource for students and scholars dedicated to the study of teaching and learning. This volume offers a vast array of topics ranging from the history of teaching to technological and literacy issues. In each authoritative chapter, the authors summarize the state of the field while providing conceptual overviews of critical topics related to research on teaching. Each of the volume's 23 chapters is a canonical piece that will serve as a reference tool for the field. The Handbook provides readers with an unaparalleled view of the current state of research on teaching across its multiple facets and related fields.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning written by Douglas Grouws and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and written by leading experts in the field of mathematics education, the Handbook is specifically designed to make important, vital scholarship accessible to mathematics education professors, graduate students, educational researchers, staff development directors, curriculum supervisors, and teachers. The Handbook provides a framework for understanding the evolution of the mathematics education research field against the backdrop of well-established conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives. It is an indispensable working tool for everyone interested in pursuing research in mathematics education as the references for each of the Handbook's twenty-nine chapters are complete resources for both current and past work in that particular area.
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