Why Write in Math Class?

ISBN-13: 9781625311603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 176 str.

Linda Dacey; Rebeka Eston Salemi; Kathleen O'Connell

Opis

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.

Recenzje

“Why Write in Math Class? K-5 focuses on five types of writing in math and how these approaches can be added to math teachings. Connections between math and literacy support both disciplines when integrated in such a manner as to be supportive building blocks. This survey is also unique in its personalized approach which outlines techniques and educator reflections on each activity's results and process. From teacher professional development to revised approaches to student learning in both disciplines, educators receive clear discussions of pros, cons, and special challenges and rewards of encouraging these connections.”
-Midwest Book Review, The Education Shelf
 

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: Developing a Community of Math Writers; 3: Learning the Language of Mathematics; 4: Writing to Explore; 5: Writing to Describe and Explain; 6: Writing to Justify and Convince; 7: Writing to Connect Mathematics and Creativity; 8: Writing to Reflect

O autorze

Linda Dacey, consultant and professor emeritus at Lesley University, is committed to students learning math in ways that joyfully develop conceptual understanding. Her current major interests are communication of mathematical thinking, problem solving, and number sense. Linda is a prolific writer who has coauthored numerous books, including the Zeroing In on Number and Operation series and the three-volume Well Played: Building Mathematical Thinking Through Number Games and Puzzle, K-8, series.

Kathleen O’Connell Hopping is mathematics curriculum specialist at the Lincoln School in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Her K-5 mathematics experience enables her to support teachers and students in a learning environment that develops communication and fosters connections to deeper mathematical understanding.

Rebeka Eston Salemi is a kindergarten teacher at the Lincoln School in Lincoln, Massachusetts. In a career spanning almost 40 years, she has always been curious about how young children navigate and make sense of the world around them.