Title Middle grades mathematics / Douglas T. Owens, editor ; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Research Interpretation Project, Sigrid Wagner, project director

Published New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1993] ©1993

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Description xvii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Research ideas for the classroom Research ideas for the classroom. Contents Part I. Learning -- Students' thinking : middle grades mathematics / Peter Kloosterman and Patricia Haynes Gainey -- The role of affect in teaching and learning mathematics / Laurie E. Hart and Jamie Walker -- Part II. Processes and content -- Number sense and related topics / Judith T. Sowder and Judith Kelin -- Insights from research on mathematical problem solving in the middle grades / Diana Lambdin Kroll and Tammy Miller -- Measurement, probability, statistics, and graphing / George W. Bright and Karl Hoeffner -- Multiplication and division : from whole numbers to rational numbers / Anna O. Graeber and Elaine Tanenhaus -- Current research on rational numbers and common fractions : summary and implications for teachers / Nadine S. Bezuk and Marilyn Bieck -- Teaching and learning decimal fractions / Douglas T. Owens and Douglas B. Super -- Learning and teaching ratio and proportion : research implications / Kathleen Cramer, Thomas Post, and Sarah Currier -- Prealgebra : the transition from arithmetic to algebra / Carolyn Kieran and Louise Chalouh -- Geometry : research and classroom activities / Dorothy Geddes and Irene Fortunato -- Part III. Teaching -- Technology : implications for middle grades mathematics / Robert J. Jensen and Brevard S. Williams -- Models of instruction / William M. Fitzgerald and Mary Kay Bouck -- Planning and organizing the middle grades mathematics curriculum / Anne L. Madsen and Kendella Baker -- Classroom interactions : the heartbeat of the teaching / learning process / Mary Schatz Koehler and Millie Prior -- Assessment and evaluation for middle grades / Norman L. Webb and Carol Welsch -- Part IV. Classroom research -- Teacher as researcher / Gillian Clouther and Darlene Shandola Analysis Mathematics Study and teaching (Elementary) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) Author Owens, Douglas T. Wagner, Sigrid, 1942- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Research Interpretation Project. LC no. 92037478 ISBN 002895792X 0028957954 (paperback)

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