If learners in the classroom are to be excited by mathematics, teachers need to be both well informed about current initiatives and able to see how what is expected of them can be translated into rich and stimulating classroom strategies.
The book examines current initiatives that affect teaching mathematics and identifies pointers for action in the classroom. Divided into three major sections, it looks at:
- the changing mathematics classroom at primary, secondary and tertiary level
- major components of the secondary curriculum
- practical pedagogical issues of particular concern to mathematics teachers.
Each issue is explores in terms of major underpinnings and research in that area, and practical ideas can be drawn from the text and implemented in the reader's classroom practice. Each chapter has been written by a well-respected writer, researcher and practitioner in their field and all share a common goal: to look thoughtfully and intelligently at some of the practical issues facing mathematics teachers and offer their perspectives on those issues.
Author(s): Linda Haggarty
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 312
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 9
List of abbreviations......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
1 The changing primary mathematics classroom......Page 20
2 Mathematics 11–16......Page 35
3 Examining some changes in mathematics post-16......Page 50
4 Mathematics for post-16 vocational courses......Page 69
5 School mathematics and mathematical proof......Page 88
6 Issues in the teaching and learning of arithmetic......Page 108
7 Generalisation and algebra: exploiting children's powers......Page 122
8 Issues in the teaching and learning of geometry......Page 138
9 Probability and randomness......Page 157
10 Teaching for understanding......Page 170
11 Progression in mathematics......Page 181
12 Language issues in mathematics......Page 196
13 Differentiation......Page 208
14 Developing thinking in mathematics......Page 220
15 Mental mathematics......Page 234
16 Making the most of your textbook......Page 245
17 Minding your Qs and Rs: effective questioning and responding in the mathematics classroom......Page 265
18 Coursework and its assessment......Page 276
19 Formative assessment in mathematics......Page 290
Index......Page 302
