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9780435083298

Writing to Learn Mathematics : Strategies That Work, K-12

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  • ISBN13:

    9780435083298

  • ISBN10:

    0435083295

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1992-04-06
  • Publisher: INGRAM

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Summary

As Joan Countryman demonstrates in this book, the use of journals, learning logs, letters, autobiographies, investigations, and formal papers can dramatically improve the reasoning abilities of students at all grade levels.

Author Biography

JOAN COUNTRYMAN is assistant head for academic planning at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, where she has taught mathematics since 1970, and is a lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Since 1985 she has worked with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as a master teacher in a program offering summer institutes for secondary mathematics teachers. Joan has lectured extensively on new trends in elementary and secondary mathematics education, on gender and mathematics, and on the use of writing in mathematics classes. Her approach to teaching and learning mathematics is described by William Zinsser in a chapter of book, Writing to Learn.

Table of Contents

Writing to Learn: Teaching and Learning Mathematics; The Writing Process<BR>
Getting Started: Freewriting; Learning Logs; Other Strategies<BR>
Autobiography<BR>
Journals: Language; Cognition; Document Features; Journal Conversations; A Teacher's Journal; Some Practical Considerations<BR>
Word Problems and Problems with Words: The Emperor's Oats; Words in Mathematics<BR>
Formal Writing: The Writing Process; Papers<BR>
Evaluation and Testing<BR>
Reflections in the Classroom: The Classroom Climate; Habits of Learning

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