Download or read book Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions written by Margaret Schwan Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes five practices for productive mathematics discussions, including anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting.

Download or read book Helping Children Learn Mathematics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results from national and international assessments indicate that school children in the United States are not learning mathematics well enough. Many students cannot correctly apply computational algorithms to solve problems. Their understanding and use of decimals and fractions are especially weak. Indeed, helping all children succeed in mathematics is an imperative national goal. However, for our youth to succeed, we need to change how we're teaching this discipline. Helping Children Learn Mathematics provides comprehensive and reliable information that will guide efforts to improve school mathematics from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The authors explain the five strands of mathematical proficiency and discuss the major changes that need to be made in mathematics instruction, instructional materials, assessments, teacher education, and the broader educational system and answers some of the frequently asked questions when it comes to mathematics instruction. The book concludes by providing recommended actions for parents and caregivers, teachers, administrators, and policy makers, stressing the importance that everyone work together to ensure a mathematically literate society.

Download or read book Grandfather Tang s Story written by Ann Tompert and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.

Download or read book How Big Is a Foot written by Rolf Myller and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect book to understand standing six feet apart! Follow the story about the King who wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should be? How can the people figure out how to measure? Readers will learn it's not that difficult and that everyone can learn to do it.

Download or read book Culturally Responsive Teaching written by Geneva Gay and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The achievement of students of color continues to be disproportionately low at all levels of education. More than ever, Geneva Gay's foundational book on culturally responsive teaching is essential reading in addressing the needs of today's diverse student population. Combining insights from multicultural education theory and research with real-life classroom stories, Gay demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through their own cultural experiences. This bestselling text has been extensively revised to include expanded coverage of student ethnic groups: African and Latino Americans as well as Asian and Native Americans as well as new material on culturally diverse communication, addressing common myths about language diversity and the effects of "English Plus" instruction.

Download or read book Number Sense Routines written by Jessica F. Shumway and published by Stenhouse Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. The daily use of these quick five-, ten-, or fifteen-minute experiences at the beginning of math class will help build students' number sense. Students with strong number sense understand numbers, ways to represent numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. They make reasonable estimates, compute fluently, use reasoning strategies (e.g., relate operations, such as addition and subtraction, to each other), and use visual models based on their number sense to solve problems. Students who never develop strong number sense will struggle with nearly all mathematical strands, from measurement and geometry to data and equations. In Number Sense Routines, Jessica shows that number sense can be taught to all students. Dozens of classroom examples -- including conversations among students engaging in number sense routines -- illustrate how the routines work, how children's number sense develops, and how to implement responsive routines. Additionally, teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the underlying math -- the big ideas, skills, and strategies children learn as they develop numerical literacy.

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Download or read book Powerful Problem Solving written by Max Ray and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we break the cycle of frustrated students who "drop out of math" because the procedures just don't make sense to them? Or who memorize the procedures for the test but don't really understand the mathematics? Max Ray-Riek and his colleagues at the Math Forum @ Drexel University say "problem solved," by offering their collective wisdom about how students become proficient problem solvers, through the lens of the CCSS for Mathematical Practices. They unpack the process of problem solving in fresh new ways and turn the Practices into activities that teachers can use to foster habits of mind required by the Common Core: communicating ideas and listening to the reflections of others estimating and reasoning to see the "big picture" of a problem organizing information to promote problem solving using modeling and representations to visualize abstract concepts reflecting on, revising, justifying, and extending the work. Powerful Problem Solving shows what's possible when students become active doers rather than passive consumers of mathematics. Max argues that the process of sense-making truly begins when we create questioning, curious classrooms full of students' own thoughts and ideas. By asking "What do you notice? What do you wonder?" we give students opportunities to see problems in big-picture ways, and discover multiple strategies for tackling a problem. Self-confidence, reflective skills, and engagement soar, and students discover that the goal is not to be "over and done," but to realize the many different ways to approach problems. Read a sample chapter.

Download or read book An Illustrated Theory of Numbers written by Martin H. Weissman and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: News about this title: — Author Marty Weissman has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2020. (Learn more here.) — Selected as a 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title — 2018 PROSE Awards Honorable Mention An Illustrated Theory of Numbers gives a comprehensive introduction to number theory, with complete proofs, worked examples, and exercises. Its exposition reflects the most recent scholarship in mathematics and its history. Almost 500 sharp illustrations accompany elegant proofs, from prime decomposition through quadratic reciprocity. Geometric and dynamical arguments provide new insights, and allow for a rigorous approach with less algebraic manipulation. The final chapters contain an extended treatment of binary quadratic forms, using Conway's topograph to solve quadratic Diophantine equations (e.g., Pell's equation) and to study reduction and the finiteness of class numbers. Data visualizations introduce the reader to open questions and cutting-edge results in analytic number theory such as the Riemann hypothesis, boundedness of prime gaps, and the class number 1 problem. Accompanying each chapter, historical notes curate primary sources and secondary scholarship to trace the development of number theory within and outside the Western tradition. Requiring only high school algebra and geometry, this text is recommended for a first course in elementary number theory. It is also suitable for mathematicians seeking a fresh perspective on an ancient subject.

Download or read book How People Learn written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-08-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning. Like the original edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methodsâ€"to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb. How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system. Topics include: How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain. How existing knowledge affects what people notice and how they learn. What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach. The amazing learning potential of infants. The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace. Learning needs and opportunities for teachers. A realistic look at the role of technology in education.

Download or read book The Joy of X written by Steven Henry Strogatz and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful tour of the greatest ideas of math, showing how math intersects with philosophy, science, art, business, current events, and everyday life, by an acclaimed science communicator and regular contributor to the "New York Times."

Download or read book First Illustrated Math Dictionary IR written by Kirsteen Rogers and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting at the very beginning with numbers and counting, this book gently and reliably guides children and parents through the essential math concepts needed in the first few years at school. Readers can use it as a dip-in dictionary or work through by subject to build up knowledge and skills step-by-step.

Download or read book Dear Citizen Math written by Karim Ani and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the critical role that math educators can play in creating a more rational and respectful society.

Download or read book Topology Illustrated written by Peter Saveliev and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows a two-semester first course in topology with emphasis on algebraic topology. Some of the applications are: the shape of the universe, configuration spaces, digital image analysis, data analysis, social choice, exchange economy. An overview of discrete calculus is also included. The book contains over 1000 color illustrations and over 1000 exercises.

Download or read book Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics : Initiating Critical Conversations is written for classroom teachers; counselors, coaches, specialists, and instructional leaders; school, district, and state administrators; curriculum developers; and policymakers at all levels with the goal of beginning a serious discussion of the issues for high school mathematics that are outlined in this document.--

Download or read book Illustrative Mathematics for Class 1 written by R. S. Dhauni and published by Goyal Brothers Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrative Mathematics for Primary Classes is an exciting and innovative series which is based on the latest features of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2023. This series is suitable for all schools affiliated with CBSE, New Delhi. Each chapter has been meticulously crafted to conform with the NCF's Panchpadi, ensuring a comprehensive and cutting-edge learning experience. The concept based age-appropriate activities and assessment section are based on Panchakosha and Pramanas, aiming for the holistic development of the learner. To improve the learning experience, we have seamlessly incorporated 21st century skills and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into this edition. The components of this series are: • Illustrative Mathematics Books 1 to 5 for primary classes (with online support). • Illustrative Mathematics Teacher's Resource Books 1 to 5 for primary classes. Salient Features of the books in this series are: • A graded and spiralling approach has been used, keeping in mind the age and level of understanding of the child. • Eye-catching illustrations and a child-friendly layout capture the imagination of the child and create an interest in the subject. • Each chapter begins with the heading Warm Up, which refreshes the concepts learnt in the previous class. • Maths Lab Activity helps the children develop different problem-solving strategies. • Puzzles I Riddles encourage children to think critically, analyse information, and apply problem-solving strategies to find solutions. • Games/ Activities to enhance engagement, learning retention, and critical thinking skills while making learning more enjoyable. • Art Integration Activities foster creativity, enhance comprehension, and connect mathematical concepts with Art and Culture. • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to develop insights into critical issues around the world such as poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability to create a better future for all. • Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for better understanding of the lesson. • Value-Based Questions to inculcate moral values in the children. • Fun Time contains out of the box questions which challenge the understanding capacity of the children. • Assignments under Mental Maths not only enhance the mathematical and calculation skills of the children but also cement the concepts learnt. • Competency-Based questions to improve analytical and logical reasoning, and observation skills. • Case Study Based questions to inspire the students to apply the mathematical knowledge acquired, to solve real life problems. Salient Features of the Teacher's Resource Books are: • Learning Objectives of the Lesson • Overview of the Lesson • Teaching-Learning Strategies • Hints for some Selected Problems Salient Features of Online Support are: • Animated Videos/Video Lectures • Interactive Exercises • Chapter-wise Worksheets • Maths Glossary It is hoped that the series will meet the requirements of students, teachers and parents alike. Suggestions and constructive criticism for the improvement of the books would be highly appreciated. -The Publishers

Download or read book Illustrative Mathematics for Class 2 written by R. S. Dhauni and published by Goyal Brothers Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrative Mathematics for Primary Classes is an exciting and innovative series which is based on the latest features of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2023. This series is suitable for all schools affiliated with CBSE, New Delhi. Each chapter has been meticulously crafted to conform with the NCF's Panchpadi, ensuring a comprehensive and cutting-edge learning experience. The concept based age-appropriate activities and assessment section are based on Panchakosha and Pramanas, aiming for the holistic development of the learner. To improve the learning experience, we have seamlessly incorporated 21st century skills and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into this edition. The components of this series are: • Illustrative Mathematics Books 1 to 5 for primary classes (with online support). • Illustrative Mathematics Teacher's Resource Books 1 to 5 for primary classes. Salient Features of the books in this series are: • A graded and spiralling approach has been used, keeping in mind the age and level of understanding of the child. • Eye-catching illustrations and a child-friendly layout capture the imagination of the child and create an interest in the subject. • Each chapter begins with the heading Warm Up, which refreshes the concepts learnt in the previous class. • Maths Lab Activity helps the children develop different problem-solving strategies. • Puzzles I Riddles encourage children to think critically, analyse information, and apply problem-solving strategies to find solutions. • Games/ Activities to enhance engagement, learning retention, and critical thinking skills while making learning more enjoyable. • Art Integration Activities foster creativity, enhance comprehension, and connect mathematical concepts with Art and Culture. • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to develop insights into critical issues around the world such as poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability to create a better future for all. • Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for better understanding of the lesson. • Value-Based Questions to inculcate moral values in the children. • Fun Time contains out of the box questions which challenge the understanding capacity of the children. • Assignments under Mental Maths not only enhance the mathematical and calculation skills of the children but also cement the concepts learnt. • Competency-Based questions to improve analytical and logical reasoning, and observation skills. • Case Study Based questions to inspire the students to apply the mathematical knowledge acquired, to solve real life problems. Salient Features of the Teacher's Resource Books are: • Learning Objectives of the Lesson • Overview of the Lesson • Teaching-Learning Strategies • Hints for some Selected Problems Salient Features of Online Support are: • Animated Videos/Video Lectures • Interactive Exercises • Chapter-wise Worksheets • Maths Glossary It is hoped that the series will meet the requirements of students, teachers and parents alike. Suggestions and constructive criticism for the improvement of the books would be highly appreciated. -The Publishers