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Teaching Math Is All Write
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Staal, Nancy; Wells, Pamela J. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
Both writing and math require purposeful teaching. This article describes how one teacher discovered that she could teach math in a way that paralleled how she taught writing by researching what students know and then nudging them ahead to the next level of understanding. Just as effective writers employ creativity, perseverance, and revising,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Writing (Composition), Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods