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"Teachers across the country are being asked to rethink their teaching strategies and math curricula to align more closely with the goals of the NCTM Standards. Teachers already implementing the Standards are discovering that their students are not intimidated by math, but are confident, creative, and actively involved in the math process. These children are thinking like mathematicians." "Strategies used in these classrooms are modeled throughout Thinking Like Mathematicians. Through vignettes and anecdotes, readers meet children who are problem solvers; are confident of their ability to reason mathematically; value the role of mathematics in their daily lives, and learn to communicate their understandings to their peers and teachers. Readers also meet the teachers who have planned for and are implementing the programs that facilitate these mathematics learning processes." "Specific chapters include discussions about the Standards, planning for a Standards-based program, strategies for implementing such a program, and modes of assessment and evaluation. A case study is presented of one dynamic child whose remarkable mathematical thinking might have been discouraged by a traditiona

Author

Thomas E. Rowan, Barbara Bourne

Publisher

Heinemann, 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780435083434

Subjects

Education, Mathematics