What's Right about Wrong Answers: Learning from Math Mistakes, Grades 4-5

ISBN-13: 9781625310866 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 130 str.

Nancy Anderson

Opis

Turns mistakes on their head and helps you cleverly use them to students' advantage. Each of the activities in this book focuses on important ideas in grades 4-5 mathematics. By examining comic strips, letters to a fictitious maths expert, and sample student work containing mistakes, learners explore typical maths mistakes, reflect on why they're wrong, and move toward deeper understanding.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1: Whole-Number Multiplication and Division; Chapter 2: Fractions; Chapter 3: Decimals; Chapter 4: Measurement and Geometry

O autorze

Nancy Anderson is K-8 mathematics coordinator and eighth-grade mathematics teacher at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. She is an experienced classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, and professional development leader, as well as coauthor of Classroom Discussionsin Math and Good Questions for Math Teaching, Grades 5-8. Nancy earned her doctoral degree in mathematics education from Boston University.