Windows on Teaching Math: Cases of Middle and Secondary Classrooms : Facilitator's Guide

by Merseth, Katherine Klippert

• ISBN13: 9780807742792
• ISBN10: 0807742791
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Drawing from her extensive experience of using cases in teacher education and inservice courses, Katherine Merseth offers this practical, hands-on guide to improving the teaching of mathematics. This book, the first to focus on the secondary school classroom (grades 7-12), provides a collection of cases that blend important mathematics content with the real complexities of school and classroom life. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Katherine K. Merseth is the Director of Teacher Education and Senior Lecturer at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Role of the Facilitator	vii
Case Preparation	vii
Case Discussion	viii
Physical Setting	viii
PART I: PRE-ALGEBRA AND BEGINNING ALGEBRA
Lost in Translation	3	(3)
The Marble Line	6	(5)
PART II: GEOMETRY
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words	11	(3)
Slippery Cylinders	14	(5)
PART III: INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
Seeing Is Believing	19	(3)
What Is Pi, Anyway?	22	(5)
PART IV: PRE-CALCULUS AND CALCULUS
Ships in the Fog	27	(3)
Pushing the Limit	30	(3)
The More Things Change	33	(6)
PART V: PROBABILITY
Chances Are	39	(3)
It's Time for a Tail	42	(3)
References	45	(2)
About the Author	47