Providing a foundation for teaching mathematics in the middle grades /

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Imprint:Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1995.
Description:viii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series, reform in mathematics education
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2388604
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Other authors / contributors:Sowder, Judith T.
Schappelle, Bonnie P.
ISBN:0791425339 (acid-free)
0791425347 (pbk. : acid-free)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Continuing the Mathematical Preparation of Middle-Grade Teachers: An Introduction
  • Part 1. Mathematics for the Middle Grades
  • 2. Instructing for Rational Number Sense
  • 3. Creating Spaces for Learning Fractions
  • 4. Critical Ideas, Informal Knowledge, and Understanding Fractions
  • 5. Multiplication and Division of Fractions: The Search for Meaning
  • 6. Addressing the Story-Problem Problem
  • 7. From Naive-Interpretist to Operation-Conserver
  • 8. Ratio and Proportion: Elementary Didactical Phenomenology
  • 9. Notation, Convention, and Quantity in Elementary Mathematics
  • 10. The Value of Interaction in Promoting Teaching Growth
  • Part II. Case Studies: Catalysts for Change
  • 11. Instructional Effects of Knowledge Of and About Mathematics: A Case Study
  • 12. Orchestrating, Promoting, and Enhancing Mathematical Discourse in the Middle Grades: A Case Study
  • 13. A Responsible Mathematics Teacher and the Choices She Makes: A Case Study
  • List of Contributors
  • Index