| Description |
viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Yearbook ; 1999 |
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Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) ; 1999
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| Contents |
Analyzing mathematical reasoning in students' responses across multiple performance assessment tasks / Dominic Peressini, Norman Webb -- Mathematical reasoning : in the eye of the beholder / Peggy House -- The language of quantification in mathematics instruction / Susanna S. Epp -- Mathematics journal articles : anchors for the guided development and practice of reasoning skills / Robert Gerver -- Teaching and assessing statistical reasoning / Joan B. Garfield, Iddo Gal -- Mathematical reasoning and educational policy : moving beyond the politics of dead language / William F. Tate, Howard C. Johnson -- Adventures in mathematical inquiry / Gail Boldt, Aaron Levine -- Using short questions to develop and assess reasoning / William M. Carroll -- Helping elementary- and middle-grades preservice teachers understand and develop mathematical reasoning / George W. Bright -- Twenty questions about mathematical reasoning / Lynn Arthur Steen |
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Mathematical reasoning in the elementary grades / Susan Jo Russell -- Developing mathematical reasoning in the middle grades : recognizing diversity / Carol E. Malloy -- Reasoning by analogy : a fundamental process in children's mathematical learning / Lyn D. English -- The nature of mathematical reasoning / Robert J. Sternberg -- Young children's mathematical reasoning : a psychological view / Eileen P. Tang, Herbert P. Ginsburg -- Reasoning about operations : early algebraic thinking in grades K-6 / Deborah Schifter -- Teaching fractions : fostering children's own reasoning / Constance Kamii, Mary Ann Warrington -- Developing mathematical reasoning within the context of measurement / Kay McClain [and others] -- Mathematics is for the birds : reasoning for a reason / Phyllis Whitin, David J. Whitin -- Mathematical reasoning during small-group problem solving / Alice F. Artzt, Shirel Yaloz-Femia -- Developing students' algebraic reasoning abilities / Carole Greenes, Carol Findell -- Innovative tasks to improve critical- and creative-thinking skills / Stephen Krulik, Jesse A. Rudnick -- Understanding students' probabilistic reasoning / Graham A. Jones [and others] |
| Summary |
This book sharpens your view of mathematical reasoning and its development at all grade levels. It reveals the various perspectives about the nature of reasoning. Also, it addresses the many issues and concerns involving mathematical reasoning - how learners reason in mathematics, how communication promotes reasoning, how teachers gather evidence of student reasoning, what curricular approaches can be profitably explored, what can be done to ensure success in developing reasoning, and more. This useful resource lets you dig deep into the topic and offers many ideas useful in your classroom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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Reasoning (Psychology)
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Reasoning -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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| Author |
Curcio, Frances R.
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Stiff, Lee.
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| LC no. |
99014117 |
| ISBN |
0873534662 |
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9780873534666 |
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