Where's the wonder in elementary math? encouraging mathematical reasoning in the classroom
First Statement of Responsibility
Judith McVarishWhere is the wonder in elementary math?
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiii, 181 p. ill. 27 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Transforming teaching
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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encouraging mathematical reasoning in the classroom
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Mathematics
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Mathematics
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
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QA
Book number
135
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6
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M398
2008
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
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McVarish, Judith
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 173-176( and index.
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Setting the stage -- What does the room teach? -- Who asks the questions? Who answers them? -- How can I tune transitions to a new key? -- What is real about homework? -- How do I de-fang the test? -- How can we take critical thinking beyond the classroom? -- What do parents know? -- Is thinking about thinking just a play on words?