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Curtis, Reagan; Cairns, Darran R.; Bolyard, Johnna J. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Too often, mathematics and science are taught in isolation from each other and from meaningful problems that matter to students. This book draws on the authors' experiences with teacher colleagues, including time spent in their classrooms co-developing and refining lessons. The core of their approach is to encourage learners to pursue solutions to…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Evidence Based Practice, Mathematics Instruction
Suzanne Harper; Dana Cox – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2023
Modernizing mathematics refers to the idea that teachers should rethink how mathematics has traditionally been taught in schools by making rich tasks and collaboration the focus of instruction and promoting opportunities for active learning. "Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking" presents carefully crafted tasks that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Active Learning
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Xu, Binyan, Ed.; Zhu, Yan, Ed.; Lu, Xiaoli, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
This book seeks to illustrate the research on mathematics competencies and disposition in China according to the conceptual development and empirical investigation perspective. Mathematics education in China has a distinguishing feature a focus of attention to mathematical competency. Paradoxically, there has not been an explicit, refined, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Evaluation Methods
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Thripp, Richard, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES), which took place on July 15-19, 2020, in Washington, D.C. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Financial Education, Money Management
Karp, Karen; Caldwell, Janet; Zbiek, Rose Mary; Bay-Williams, Jennifer – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2011
What is the relationship between addition and subtraction? How do individuals know whether an algorithm will always work? Can they explain why order matters in subtraction but not in addition, or why it is false to assert that the sum of any two whole numbers is greater than either number? It is organized around two big ideas and supported by…
Descriptors: Subtraction, Mathematics Instruction, Addition, Mathematical Concepts
Freudenthal, Hans – 1991
This book represents a compilation of the views and ideas of the late Hans Freudenthal, representing his last major contribution to the field of mathematics education. Rather than a presentation of new views, Freudenthal selected and streamlined old ideas, many gathered from his lectures in China, and formed a review of questions and issues in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008
Algebra is no longer just for college-bound students. After a widespread push by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and teachers across the country, algebra is now a required part of most curricula. However, students' standardized test scores are not at the level they should be. NCTM's seventieth yearbook takes a look at the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Sentences, Mathematics Education, Standardized Tests
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education