Download or read book The Benefits and Demands of Journal Writing in a Mathematics Classroom written by Casey Vaccaro and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Using Journals in Elementary Mathematics written by Debbie Muthersbaugh and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of Using Journals in Elementary Mathematics is to provide elementary teachers with practical tools and ideas for successfully implementing math journals in their own classrooms. This book also looks at how using journals in elementary mathematics education is beneficial and how it enhances teaching and learning in math. Students who record their thinking in writing and representations - specifically in written language, or using drawings and symbols - enhance and deepen their learning in elementary mathematics. Using Journals in Elementary Mathematics is intended to assist teachers in developing mathematical confidence in their students, to support math instruction, and deepen learning by providing a structure for using journals as part of everyday math. Using Journals in Elementary Mathematics is organized into three sections: Part 1 focuses on issues in elementary mathematics education. This section should be read as a background for understanding the research supporting the use of writing and visual representations in elementary mathematics. Part 2 discusses what a math journal is, introducing a detailed and practical model for implementing the use of journals in math. Part 3 provides additional models and resources for implementing math journals in elementary classrooms. Success for students in math certainly includes the knowledge of how math works and best ways to find answers. But success in the future with math also demands students look at problems critically, be able to effectively communicate their knowledge, and make real-world connections across disciplines. There are a variety of reasons some students might find math difficult. Some don't see the purpose of using math or any real world connections and so they do not develop an interest. Other students move on to higher math levels or concepts without mastering or understanding the foundation required as they learn how it works. Some individuals are labeled as poor math students and give up entirely. This book provides a way that students can develop their mathematical thinking using a method that engages students in problem solving, representing their thinking, and reflecting on their own learning.

Download or read book Culturally Specific Pedagogy in the Mathematics Classroom written by Jacqueline Leonard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Culturally Specific Pedagogy in the Mathematic Classroom offers a wide variety of conceptual and curricular resources for teachers interested in teaching mathematics in a way that challenges stratification based upon race, class, gender and other forms of oppression that students face in todays world. With the publication of this book, all teachers will have available to them instructional strategies in mathematics for meeting the academic needs of culturally diverse students. They will have an explanation of the linkage between culture and students mathematical cognition and problem solving. The ease in which Leonard brings the reader along, and the caring way she tells a story about making mathematics a fun and social justice experience makes for an exciting learning opportunity for all students and teachers." Carl A. Grant, University Wisconsin-Madison, United States, From the Foreword "Mathematics educators are in a period of deep concern about our ability to educate all students in mathematics. Most students of color do not have the opportunities to fully learn mathematics. Nothing more important can be done for these students and their teachers than to publish this book addressing the miseducation of these students and offering a way to change what we are doing." Carol E. Malloy, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, United States This compelling text advocates the use of culturally specific pedagogy to enhance the mathematics instruction of diverse students. It accomplishes this by making clear the link between research and practice and offering lesson templates that teachers can use with ethnically and culturally diverse students and with females. Specifically, the text draws on sociocultural theory and research on culture and mathematics cognition to focus on three goals: using qualitative research to extend the literature on culturally based education to African American and Latina/o c

Download or read book Journal Writing in an Elementary Math Classroom and Its Effect on Students Understanding of Decimals written by Mary Ellen Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exploratory, action research study of the use of journal writing, focused on four students in a regular grade five math class and their growing understanding of decimals. They were given journal assignments as well as oral and manipulative-based activities during a series of ten, forty minute lessons. Data collection methods included field notes, audio taped student-student and teacher-student interaction, and written journal entries. The findings of the study indicate that students' use of journal writing, in conjunction with other constructivist tools such as manipulative-based activities, significantly improved: their conceptual understanding of decimals; their ability to work through to solutions not previously understood; their ability to consolidate learning initiated through other methods; their awareness of their own understanding; their confidence; and their ownership of their learning. Students' journal entries allowed me, the researcher, to programme and assess students' needs quickly and consistently.

Download or read book Writing to Learn Mathematics written by Joan Countryman and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how writing can be integrated into primary and secondary mathematics, and suggests topics and methods, including journals, learning logs, and letters.

Download or read book Youngsters Solving Mathematical Problems with Technology written by Susana Carreira and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to both mathematical problem solving and the communication of mathematics by students, and the role of personal and home technologies in learning beyond school. It does this by reporting on major results and implications of the Problem@Web project that investigated youngsters’ mathematical problem solving and, in particular, their use of digital technologies in tackling, and communicating the results of their problem solving, in environments beyond school. The book has two focuses: Mathematical problem solving skills and strategies, forms of representing and expressing mathematical thinking, technological-based solutions; and students ́ and teachers ́ perspectives on mathematics learning, especially school compared to beyond-school mathematics.

Download or read book Why Write in Math Class written by Linda Schulman Dacey and published by Stenhouse Publishers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help students communicate their mathematical thinking, many teachers have created classrooms where math talk has become a successful and joyful instructional practice. Building on that success, the ideas in Why Write in Math Class? help students construct, explore, represent, refine, connect, and reflect on mathematical ideas. Writing also provides teachers with a window into each student's thinking and informs instructional decisions. Focusing on five types of writing in math (exploratory, explanatory, argumentative, creative, and reflective), Why Write in Math Class? offers a variety of ways to integrate writing into the math class. The ideas in this book will help you make connections to what you already know about the teaching of writing within literacy instruction and build on what you've learned about the development of classroom communities that support math talk. The authors offer practical advice about how to support writing in math, as well as many specific examples of writing prompts and tasks that require high-cognitive demand. Extensive stories and samples of student work from K-5 classrooms give a vision of how writing in math class can successfully unfold.

Download or read book Writing in Math Class written by Marilyn Burns and published by Math Solutions. This book was released on 1995 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in Math Class presents a clear and persuasive case for making writing a part of math instruction. Author and master teacher Marilyn Burns explains why students should write in math class, describes five different types of writing assignments for math, and offer tips and suggestions for teachers. In her usual engaging style, Marilyn Burns tells what happened in actual classrooms when writing was incorporated into math lessons. Illustrated throughout with student work. With a foreword by Susan Ohanian.

Download or read book How I Wish I d Taught Maths written by Craig Barton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought to an American audience for the first time, How I Wish I'd Taught Maths is the story of an experienced and successful math teacher's journey into the world of research, and how it has entirely transformed his classroom.

Download or read book Compendium for Early Career Researchers in Mathematics Education written by Gabriele Kaiser and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this Open Access compendium, written by experienced researchers in mathematics education, is to serve as a resource for early career researchers in furthering their knowledge of the state of the field and disseminating their research through publishing. To accomplish this, the book is split into four sections: Empirical Methods, Important Mathematics Education Themes, Academic Writing and Academic Publishing, and a section Looking Ahead. The chapters are based on workshops that were presented in the Early Career Researcher Day at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13). The combination of presentations on methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives shaping the field in mathematics education research, as well as the strong emphasis on academic writing and publishing, offered strong insight into the theoretical and empirical bases of research in mathematics education for early career researchers in this field. Based on these presentations, the book provides a state-of-the-art overview of important theories from mathematics education and the broad variety of empirical approaches currently widely used in mathematics education research. This compendium supports early career researchers in selecting adequate theoretical approaches and adopting the most appropriate methodological approaches for their own research. Furthermore, it helps early career researchers in mathematics education to avoid common pitfalls and problems while writing up their research and it provides them with an overview of the most important journals for research in mathematics education, helping them to select the right venue for publishing and disseminating their work.

Download or read book Writing to Learn written by William Zinsser and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.

Download or read book Implementing Journal Writing in the Mathematics Classroom written by Rose Kathleen Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mathematics Instruction in Dual Language Classrooms written by Marco A. Bravo and published by IAP. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language and culture play a critical role in the teaching of mathematics and this role intensifies when considering the teaching of mathematics in dual language classrooms. This book unpacks lessons learned from socio-cultural theory being applied to research of the teaching of mathematics to Emergent Bilinguals with the end of informing practice. Utilizing a socio-cultural lens, authors present the possibilities and limits of the teaching of mathematics in dual language programs (90/10; 50/50 models). Themes of translanguaging, disciplinary literacy instruction, and culturally responsive instruction are leveraged to test the potential of these constructs to assist Spanish/English Emergent Bilinguals access rigorous mathematics content. Authors also present limits to these models, as often they can overshadow the mathematics learning. We embrace a stance where language and literacy are seen as tools for content area learning and not as ends unto themselves.

Download or read book Writing Mathematically written by Candia Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School mathematics curricula internationally tend to emphasise problem-solving and have led to the development of opportunities for children to do maths in a more open, creative way. This has led to increased interest in 'performance-based' assessment, which involves children in substantial production of written language to serve as 'evidence' of their mathematical activity and achievement. However, this raises two important questions. Firstly, does this writing accurately present children's mathematical activity and ability? Secondly, do maths teachers have sufficient linguistic awareness to support their students in developing skills and knowledge necessary for writing effectively in their subject area? The author of this book takes a critical perspective on these questions and, through an investigation of teachers' readings and evaluations of coursework texts, identifies the crucial issues affecting the accurate assessment of school mathematics.

Download or read book Journal Writing In Math Why Not written by Jolin Olson and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has indicated that regular, systematic writing, over an extended period of time, improves student academic achievement and attitude towards mathematics. In addition there is support that assessment for learning strategies, such as descriptive feedback and peer and self-assessment, are vital to enhancing students' overall performance. Traditional teaching practices of chalk and talk do not meet the needs of students entering our classrooms today. Teachers must be innovative and rely on a combination of teaching methods to stimulate students' interest and to elicit participation in their own learning process. Journal writing has been more commonly associated with English/Language Arts classes. However, current research has found that when students write and explain what they are thinking in a written format, they gain a deeper understanding of the math concepts and skills. This book should help all educators in the K-12 setting see the relevance and importance of implementing the use of journal writing when teaching mathematics.

Download or read book Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom written by Berinderjeet Kaur and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third in the series of yearbooks by the Association of Mathematics Educators in Singapore, Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom is unique as it addresses a focused theme on mathematics education. The objective is to encourage teachers and researchers to include assessment of non-cognitive attributes and to use techniques in addition to paper-and-pencil tests that focus on typical problems.Several renowned international researchers in the field have published their work in the book. The thirteen chapters of the book illustrate evidence-based practices that school teachers and researchers can experiment in their lessons to bring about meaningful learning outcomes. A recurring theme in most chapters is the widely circulated notions of formative assessment and assessment for learning. The book makes a significant contribution towards assessment in mathematics. It is a good resource for research students and a must-read mathematics educators.

Download or read book Writing in Mathematics Classes written by L. Diane Miller and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: