Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research: Learning Trajectories for Young Children
1st Edition
By Julie Sarama, Douglas H. Clements
March 12, 2009
This important new book synthesizes relevant research on the learning of mathematics from birth into the primary grades from the full range of these complementary perspectives. At the core of early math experts Julie Sarama and Douglas Clements's theoretical and empirical frameworks are learning ...
Mathematical Literacy: Developing Identities of Inclusion
1st Edition
By Yvette Solomon
October 06, 2008
Why do so many learners, even those who are successful, feel that they are outsiders in the world of mathematics? Taking the central importance of language in the development of mathematical understanding as its starting point, Mathematical Literacy explores students’ experiences of doing ...
Algebra in the Early Grades
1st Edition
Edited
By James J. Kaput, David W. Carraher, Maria L. Blanton
September 14, 2007
This volume is the first to offer a comprehensive, research-based, multi-faceted look at issues in early algebra. In recent years, the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics has recommended that algebra become a strand flowing throughout the K-12 curriculum, and the 2003 RAND Mathematics ...
Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic: From Children's Ideas To Classroom Practice
1st Edition
By Analucia D. Schliemann, David W. Carraher, Barbara M. Brizuela
August 17, 2006
Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic contributes to a growing body of research relevant to efforts to make algebra an integral part of early mathematics instruction, an area of studies that has come to be known as Early Algebra. It provides both a rationale for promoting algebraic ...
Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals
1st Edition
By Jane M. Watson
June 23, 2006
This book reveals the development of students' understanding of statistical literacy. It provides a way to "see" student thinking and gives readers a deeper sense of how students think about important statistical topics. Intended as a complement to curriculum documents and textbook series, it is ...
Mathematics Success and Failure Among African-American Youth: The Roles of Sociohistorical Context, Community Forces, School Influence, and Individual Agency
1st Edition
By Danny Bernard Martin
April 28, 2006
No matter how mathematics achievement and persistence are measured, African Americans seem to lag behind their peers. This state of affairs is typically explained in terms of student ability, family background, differential treatment by teachers, and biased curricula. But what can explain ...
Number Theory in Mathematics Education: Perspectives and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Rina Zazkis, Stephen R. Campbell
March 21, 2006
This book offers multiple interconnected perspectives on the largely untapped potential of elementary number theory for mathematics education: its formal and cognitive nature, its relation to arithmetic and algebra, its accessibility, its utility and intrinsic merits, to name just a few. Its ...
Mathematics as a Constructive Activity: Learners Generating Examples
1st Edition
By Anne Watson, John Mason
May 17, 2005
This book explains and demonstrates the teaching strategy of asking learners to construct their own examples of mathematical objects. The authors show that the creation of examples can involve transforming and reorganizing knowledge and that, although this is usually done by authors and teachers, ...
Understanding Mathematics and Science Matters
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas A. Romberg, Thomas P. Carpenter, Fae Dremock
February 17, 2005
The research reported in this book provides reliable evidence on and knowledge about mathematics and science instruction that emphasizes student understanding--instruction consistent with the needs of students who will be citizens in an increasingly demanding technological world.The National Center...
Lesson Study: A Japanese Approach To Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning
1st Edition
By Clea Fernandez, Makoto Yoshida
June 04, 2004
Lesson study is a popular professional development approach in Japan whereby teachers collaborate to study content, instruction, and how students solve problems and reach for understanding in order to improve elementary mathematics instruction and learning in the classroom. This book is the first ...
Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning of Young Learners
1st Edition
Edited
By Lyn D. English
May 07, 2004
Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning of Young Learners provides foundational knowledge of the nature, development, and assessment of mathematical and analogical reasoning in young children. Reasoning is fundamental to understanding mathematics and is identified as one of the 10 key standards for ...
Teachers' Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom: Bringing Understandings To Light
1st Edition
By Sophia Cohen
April 01, 2004
This book illustrates the experiences of elementary school teachers across one year's time as they participated in a teacher development seminar focused on mathematics, and as a result changed their beliefs, their knowledge, and their practices. It explores these experiences as a means of ...