Teaching Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms for Grades 5-8: Practical Strategies and Activities That Promote Understanding and Problem Solving Ability

Tucker, Benny F.

ISBN 10: 0132907291 / ISBN 13: 9780132907293

Verlag: Pearson, 2012

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For secondary classroom teachers, special education teachers, and teachers of mathematics in inclusion classrooms



Practical help for connecting what students already know about mathematics to what they need to know-while improving learning and recall.



This new guide uses an approach that emphasizes the premise that effective mathematics teaching promotes understanding-and understanding provides sound bases for skill development and better retention of material. It gives teachers of mathematics a variety of lesson plans and learning activities that include: a more complete development of mathematical ideas, visuals to support mental imagery, opportunities for kinesthetic learning activities, opportunities for children to communicate their understanding of mathematics, and continual opportunities for the monitoring of student learning.



With this guide, teaching mathematics is made more effective through straightforward, easy-to-use lesson plans and learning activities that illustrate specific mathematical concepts and skills, ideas for using visuals to develop mental imagery, and ways to promote active student learning using movement and student discussion. The development of the content is user-friendly and based on a small number of easy-to-understand and easy-to-teach big ideas, and the many activities help to emphasize and reinforce the development of the mathematical content.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Benny F. Tucker earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1975. He has taught mathematics in a variety of settings at every level, kindergarten through graduate school. Dr. Tucker has authored or co-authored more than 50 books on topics ranging from teaching methods for elementary school mathematics to the use of instructional activities in the mathematics classroom. In addition he has authored or co-authored more than 20 articles in professional journals and has made more than 30 presentations at professional conferences.

 

Ann Haltom Singleton is Associate Dean of the School of Education at Union University in Jackson Tennessee. Her research areas include leadership development and mathematics instruction, especially in inclusive settings. She has contributed to numerous articles, has made over 30 national presentations, and was recognized as the Union University 2003 Faculty of the Year. She earned her Ed.D in Special Education from the University of Memphis.

 

Terry L. Weaver honed his teaching skills in the Miami-Dade County School System. After receiving his Ph.D. in Special Education from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Weaver then shared his teaching skills at Carson-Newman College and Union University where he continues to teach. He has served as an item writer for and participated in the revalidation of the Praxis II Specialty Area Test in SE (Core Knowledge). He is a co-author of Teaching Mathematics to All Children, Designing and Adapting Instruction to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners, has presented on differentiated instruction and assessment, universal design, inclusion, and adapting instruction for diverse learners, and recently lead the revision of a chapter on mathematics in Vaughn’s and Bos’s Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems.

 

Drs. Tucker, Singleton, and Weaver have published numerous articles on teaching mathematics.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Teaching Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms ...
Verlag: Pearson
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good