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Windows on Teaching Math: Cases of Middle and Secondary Classrooms
Contributor(s): Merseth, Katherine K. (Editor)
ISBN: 0807742783     ISBN-13: 9780807742785
Publisher: Teachers College Press
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Product Type: Paperback
Published: March 2003
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Annotation: Drawing from her extensive experience of using cases in teacher education and in-service courses, Katherine Merseth offers this practical, hands-on guide to improving the teaching of mathematics. This book, the first to focus on the secondary school classroom (grades 7-12), provides a collection of cases that blend important mathematics content with the real complexities of school and class-room life. "Windows on Teaching Math:

- Responds to the ongoing efforts of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to change both the content and practice of teaching mathematics.- Provides pre-case discussion exercises that help keep the discussion focused on the mathematics presented in the case.- Focuses on topics that are often difficult to teach and challenging for students to learn, such as proportional reasoning, probability, and independence.- Presents actual student responses that exhibit the misunderstandings and ambiguities of thinking, offering a window into the mathematical reasoning of students.- Confronts often unaddressed influences on teaching such as, relationships with colleagues, disgruntled parents, tracking, diverse student populations, instances of cheating, and much more.
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Study & Teaching
Dewey: 510.712
LCCN: 2002033354
Physical Information: 0.27" H x 8.54" W x 10.9" (0.60 lbs) 112 pages
 
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Drawing from her extensive experience of using cases in teacher education and in-service courses, Katherine Merseth offers this practical, hands-on guide to improving the teaching of mathematics. This book, the first to focus on the secondary school classroom (grades 7-12), provides a collection of cases that blend important mathematics content with the real complexities of school and classroom life.

Windows on Teaching Math:

  • Responds to the ongoing efforts of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to enact standards-based practice.
  • Provides pre-case discussion exercises that help keep the discussion focused on the mathematics in the case.
  • Focuses on topics that are often difficult to teach and challenging for students to learn, such as proportional reasoning, probability, and independence.
  • Presents actual student responses that exhibit the misunderstandings and ambiguities of thinking, offering a window into the mathematical reasoning of students.
  • Confronts often unaddressed influences on teaching, such as relationships with colleagues, disgruntled parents, tracking, diverse student populations, instances of cheating, and much more.
  • Helps facilitators to lead effective discussions with a uniquely designed set of teaching notes that correspond to each case--Windows on Teaching Math: Cases of Middle and Secondary Classrooms: Facilitator's Guide (sold separately).