Making Number Talks Matter: Developing Mathematical Practices and Deepening Understanding, Grades 3-10

ISBN-13: 9781571109989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 212 str.

Ruth Parker

Opis

Making Number Talks Matter is about the myriad decisions facing teachers as they make this fifteen-minute daily routine a vibrant and vital part of their mathematics instruction. Throughout the book, Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker offer practical ideas for using Number Talks to help students learn to reason numerically and build a solid foundation for the study of mathematics. This book will be an invaluable resource whether you are already using Number Talks or not; whether you are an elementary, middle school, high school, or college teacher; or even if you are a parent wanting to support your child with mathematics.

Using insight gained from many years of doing Number Talks with students of all ages, Cathy and Ruth address questions to ask during Number Talks, teacher moves that turn the thinking over to students, the mathematics behind the various strategies, and ways to overcome bumps in the road. If you've been looking for ways to transform your mathematics classroom--to bring sense-making and divergent thinking to the foreground, to bring the Standards for Mathematical Practice to life, and to bring joy back into your instruction--this book is for you.

Recenzje

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for! Making Number Talks Matter provides teachers with just the right strategies and details for helping students investigate the mathematical relationships and ideas central to grades 3-10.” -Megan Franke, University of California, Los Angeles “Mathematically powerful classrooms support students in sense-making—in exploring conjecturing, and building on ideas individually and collectively. In Making Number Talks Matter, Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker show how to make such exciting and productive mathematical discussions take place in your classroom. Read it, try it! –Alan Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley “Inside every calculation are buried the seeds of algebra. This wonderful new book shows how to use Number Talks to grow those seeds and meet the challenges of the Common Core. Cathy and Ruth have given us a wise and practical book on how Number Talks can help solve some of the most pressing problems facing schools.” –Phil Daro, Author Team, Common Core State Standards "The power of Number Talks to transform people's views of mathematics cannot be overestimated. The rich knowledge that Cathy and Ruth share, drawing from decades of experiences is invaluable." - Dr. Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford University “The power of Number Talks to transform people’s views of mathematics cannot be overestimated.” –Dr. Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford University  “Mathematically powerful classrooms support students in sense-making—in exploring conjecturing, and building on ideas individually and collectively. In Making Number Talks Matter, Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker show how to make such exciting and productive mathematical discussions take place in your classroom. Read it, try it! –Alan Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley “Inside every calculation are buried the seeds of algebra. This wonderful new book shows how to use Number Talks to grow those seeds and meet the challenges of the Common Core. Cathy and Ruth have given us a wise and practical book on how Number Talks can help solve some of the most pressing problems facing schools.” –Phil Daro, Author Team, Common Core State Standards

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1: What Are Number Talks? Why Are They So Important?; Chapter 2: Getting Number Talks Started; Chapter 3: Guiding Principles for Enacting Number Talks in the Classroom; Prelude to the Operations; Chapter 4: Subtraction Across the Grades; Chapter 5: Multiplication Across the Grades; Chapter 6: Addition Across the Grades; Chapter 7: Division Across the Grades; Chapter 8: Making Sense of Fractions (and Decimals and Percent); Chapter 9: Number Talks Can Spark Investigations; Chapter 10: Managing Bumps in the Road; Chapter 11: Moving Forward

O autorze

Cathy Humphreys is currently a doctoral student at Stanford University, where she studies mathematics teaching and learning. She has taught grades 2-12 in the California public schools for thirty years, has worked as an instructor for the Mathematics Education Collaborative and for Math Solutions, and has served as a mathematics coach for the Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative. She is thecoauthor, with Jo Boaler, ofConnecting Mathematical Ideas (Heinemann, 2005).

Ruth Parker is a former classroom teacher and has spent over 20 years leading professional development for math teachers in grades K-12. She is currently the CEO of the Mathematics Education Collaborative, preparing the next generation of mathematics teacher leaders for Washington state.

She received her master's degree and her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. "Nothing is more satisfying than watching my students develop a sense of agency, a curiosity about new mathematical ideas, and an awareness that they have mathematical ideas worth sharing," Ruth says of her love of teaching.

Ruth loves to hike, especially in the Pacific Northwest, and playing with her grandchildren.