Mathematics Books

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31. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics

    Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States, 2nd Edition

    By Liping Ma

    Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series

    Studies of teachers in the U.S. often document insufficient subject matter knowledge in mathematics. Yet, these studies give few examples of the knowledge teachers need to support teaching, particularly the kind of teaching demanded by recent reforms in mathematics education. Knowing and Teaching...

    Published January 24th 2010 by Routledge
32. Mathematics Education

    Edited by Alan Bishop

    Series: Major Themes in Education

    Mathematics education is one of the most publicized and contested fields of endeavour in the area of education more generally. The entrails of international comparative mathematics achievement surveys are pored over by the media, politicians and educators alike; and, while for the last fifty years...

    Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
33. The Origins of Mathematical Knowledge in Childhood

    By Catherine Sophian

    Published December 9th 2009 by Routledge
34. Improving Primary Mathematics

    Linking Home and School

    By Jan Winter, Jane Andrews, Pamela Greenhough, Martin Hughes, Leida Salway, Wan Ching Yee

    Series: Improving Practice (TLRP)

    Improving Primary Mathematics provides primary teachers with practical ideas about how to bring these two worlds closer to improve children’s mathematics learning. Using a number of fascinating case studies focusing on children’s experiences of mathematics both inside and outside the classroom,...

    Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
35. 33 Ways to Help with Numeracy

    Supporting Children who Struggle with Basic Skills

    By Brian Sharp

    Series: Thirty Three Ways to Help with....

    Thirty Three Ways to Help with Numeracy equips teachers and teaching assistants with a wide range of practical resources to help children who are having difficulties learning the basic skills of numeracy. By providing a range of activities and games which engage children and encourage motivation in...

    Published October 7th 2008 by Routledge
36. Mathematical Literacy

    Developing Identities of Inclusion

    By Yvette Solomon

    Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series

    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...

    Published October 5th 2008 by Routledge
37. Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners

    By Gladis Kersaint, Denisse R. Thompson, Mariana Petkova

    Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

    Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners provides simple and straightforward advice on how to teach mathematics to the English Language Learners in the classroom. The authors offer context-specific strategies for everything from facilitating classroom discussions with all students, to...

    Published August 11th 2008 by Routledge
38. Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education

    2nd Edition

    Edited by Lyn D. English

    The second edition continues the mission of bringing together important new mathematics education research that makes a difference in both theory and practice. It updates and extends the Handbook’s original key themes and issues for international research in mathematics education for the 21st...

    Published June 18th 2008 by Routledge
39. Handbook of Design Research Methods in Education

    Innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning and Teaching

    Edited by Anthony E. Kelly, Richard A. Lesh, John Y. Baek

    This Handbook presents the latest thinking and current examples of design research in education. Design-based research involves introducing innovations into real-world practices (as opposed to constrained laboratory contexts) and examining the impact of those designs on the learning process....

    Published June 18th 2008 by Routledge
40. Embracing Mathematics

    On Becoming a Teacher and Changing with Mathematics

    By Peter Appelbaum, with David Scott Allen

    This alternative textbook for courses on teaching mathematics asks teachers and prospective teachers to reflect on their relationships with mathematics and how these relationships influence their teaching and the experiences of their students. Applicable to all levels of schooling, the book covers...

    Published May 12th 2008 by Routledge