| Description |
1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Part I -- Preparing the Foundation -- Chapter 1 -- What Is Visible Thinking? -- Chapter 2 -- How Do Students Learn Mathematics? -- Chapter 3 -- What Is Happening to Thinking in Mathematics Classrooms? -- Part II -- Promoting Visible Thinking With an Alternative Instructional Model -- Chapter 4 -- How Do Effective Classrooms Depend on Visible Thinking? -- Chapter 5 -- How Are Long-Term Changes Made? -- Chapter 6 -- How Are Short-Term Changes Made? -- Chapter 7 -- How Are Lessons Designed to Achieve Short-Term and Long-Term Changes? -- Part III -- Implementing the Alternative Model at Different Grade Levels -- Chapter 8 -- How Is Thinking Made Visible in Grades K-2 Mathematics? -- Chapter 9 -- How Is Thinking Made Visible in Grades 3-5 Mathematics? -- Chapter 10 -- How Is Thinking Made Visible in Grades 6-8 Mathematics? -- Part IV -- Continuing the Work -- Chapter 11 -- How Do Teachers, Leaders, and Administrators Coordinate Their Efforts to Improve Mathematics Teaching and Learning? -- Appendix A: Research Support for Visible Thinking Strategies, Conditions, and Actions -- Appendix B: Lessons Using Technology: Additional Materials -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Seeing is believing with this interactive approach to math instruction Do you ever wish your students could read each other's thoughts? Now they can-and so can you! This newest book by veteran mathematics educators provides instructional strategies for maximizing students' mathematics comprehension by integrating visual thinking into the classroom. Included are numerous grade-specific sample problems for teaching essential concepts such as number sense, fractions, and estimation. Among the many benefits of visible thinking are: Interactive student-to-student learning Increased class p |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Balka, Don S
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Harbin Miles, Ruth
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| ISBN |
9781412992053 |
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1412992052 |
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