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Author Fosnot, Catherine Twomey.

Title Young mathematicians at work : constructing fractions, decimals, and percents / Catherine Twomey Fosnot, Maarten Dolk
Published Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, 2002

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Description xx, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Ch. 1. "Mathematics" or "Mathematizing"? -- Learning and Teaching in the Classroom -- Teaching and Learning as Development -- Strategies, Big Ideas, and Models in a Teaching/Learning Framework -- Ch. 2. The Landscape of Learning -- Describing the Journey -- The Role of Context -- Turning Classrooms into Mathematical Communities -- Ch. 3. Equivalence on the Horizon -- Fair Sharing: The Historical Roots of Equivalence -- Measurement Contexts -- Expanding Commercial Markets as a Context -- Children's Strategies for Equivalence -- Ch. 4. Developing Big Ideas and Strategies -- Big Ideas on the Horizon -- Strategies on the Horizon -- Ch. 5. Developing Mathematical Models -- What Are Mathematical Models? -- Modeling Actions and Situations -- Facilitating the Development of Modeling: The Role of Context
Notes Includes 1-p. errata
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fractions -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Decimal fractions -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Percentage -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Fractions -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Decimal fractions -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Percentage -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Author Dolk, Maarten Ludovicus Antonius Marie, 1952-
LC no. 2002022208
ISBN 0325003556 acid-free paper