Where's the wonder in elementary math? encouraging mathematical reasoning in the classroom
Judith McVarishWhere is the wonder in elementary math?
New York
Routledge
c2008
xiii, 181 p. ill. 27 cm
Transforming teaching
encouraging mathematical reasoning in the classroom
Mathematics
Mathematics
QA
135
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6
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M398
2008
McVarish, Judith
Includes bibliographical references )p. 173-176( and index.
Setting the stage -- What does the room teach? -- Who asks the questions? Who answers them? -- How can I tune transitions to a new key? -- What is real about homework? -- How do I de-fang the test? -- How can we take critical thinking beyond the classroom? -- What do parents know? -- Is thinking about thinking just a play on words?