Publisher's Synopsis
In Young Mathematicians at Work, Catherine Fosnot and Maarten Dolk reveal what they learned after several years of intensive study in numerous urban classrooms.
This 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 workshops.
- explores the cultural and historical development of fractions, decimals, and their equivalents and the ways in which children develop similar ideas and strategies.
- defines and gives examples of modeling, noting the importance of context.
- discusses calculation using number sense and the role of algorithms in computation instruction.
- describes how to strengthen performance and portfolio assessment.
- focuses on teachers as learners by encouraging them to see themselves as mathematicians.
