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How Students Learn : Mathematics in the Classroom, Paperback / softback Book

How Students Learn : Mathematics in the Classroom Paperback / softback

Edited by John D. Bransford, M. Suzanne Donovan

Paperback / softback

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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 greater effectiveness. 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. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 IntroductionPart II MATHEMATICS5 Mathematical Understanding: An Introduction6 Fostering the Development of Whole-Number Sense: TeachingMathematics in the Primary Grades7 Pipes, Tubes, and Beakers: New Approaches to Teaching theRational-Number System8 Teaching and Learning FunctionsA FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES13 Pulling ThreadsBiographical Sketches of Committee Members and ContributorsIndex

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