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More copies of this ISBN:Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Fractions, Decimals, and Percentsby Catherine Twomey Fosnot
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In our efforts to reform mathematics education, we've learned a tremendous amount about young students' strategies and the ways they construct knowledge, without fully understanding how to support such development over time. The Dutch do. So, funded by the National Science Foundation and ExxonMobil, Mathematics in the City was begun, a collaborative inservice project that pooled the best thinking from both countries. In Young Mathematicians at Work, Catherine Fosnot and Maarten Dolk reveal what they learned after several years of intensive study in numerous urban classrooms. In this third volume in a series of three, Fosnot and Dolk focus on how children in grades 5-8 construct their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents. Their book:
Book News Annotation:Mathematics in the City was a collaborative inservice project that
pooled the best thinking from the US and the Netherlands on the
teaching of mathematics. This book reveals insights from the project
and provides strategies to help teachers turn their classrooms into
math workshops. Fosnot is professor of education at the City College
of New York and director of Mathematics in the City, the inservice
project described in this book. Dolk is a researcher and developer
of mathematics education at the Freudenthal Institute in the
Netherlands.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:In this third volume in a series of three, Fosnot and Dolk focus on how children in grades 58 construct their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents. Synopsis:In our efforts to reform mathematics education, we've learned a tremendous amount about young students' strategies and the ways they construct knowledge, without fully understanding how to support such development over time. The Dutch do. So, funded by the National Science Foundation and ExxonMobil, Mathematics in the City was begun, a collaborative inservice project that pooled the best thinking from both countries. In Young Mathematicians at Work, Catherine Fosnot and Maarten Dolk reveal what they learned after several years of intensive study in numerous urban classrooms. In this third volume in a series of three, Fosnot and Dolk focus on how children in grades 5-8 construct their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents. Their book: describes and illustrates what it means to do and learn mathematics. contrasts word problems with true problematic situations which support and enhance investigation and inquiry. provides strategies to help teachers turn their classrooms into math About the AuthorCATHERINE TWOMEY FOSNOT is Professor of Education at The City College of the City of New York and Director of Mathematics in the City. She twice has won the "best writing" award from AERA's Constructivist SIG and she was the recipient of the "young scholar" award by Educational Communication and Technology Journal . She is an author of several books on mathematics education, most recently, the Young Mathematicians at Work series.MAARTEN DOLK is a researcher and developer of mathematics education at the Freudenthal Institute in the Netherlands, where he has been involved in the development of professional materials for teachers and for student teachers. He also has directed an inservice project in the Netherlands for teacher educators and staff developers. His work in the United States is related to the inservice of primary school teachers. He is the coauthor of the Young Mathematicians at Work series. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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