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Experiencing School Mathematics - Traditional and Reform Approaches to Teaching and Their Impact on Student Learning (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Experiencing School Mathematics - Traditional and Reform Approaches to Teaching and Their Impact on Student Learning (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
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NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS ONLY: This is a revised edition of "
Experiencing School Mathematics" first published in 1997 by Open
University Press, (c) Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale
in North America only.
The first book to provide direct evidence for the effectiveness of
traditional and reform-oriented teaching methods, "Experiencing
School Mathematics" reports on careful and extensive case studies
of two schools that taught mathematics in totally different ways.
Three hundred students were followed over three years, providing an
unusual and important range of data, including observations,
interviews, questionnaires, and assessments, to show the ways
students' beliefs and understandings were shaped by the different
approaches to mathematics teaching. The interviews that are
reproduced in the book give compelling insights into what it meant
to be a student in the classrooms of the two schools. Questions are
raised about and new evidence is provided for:
* the ways in which "traditional" and "reform oriented"
mathematics teaching approaches can impact student attitude,
beliefs, and achievement;
*the effectiveness of different teaching methods in preparing
students for the demands of the "real world" and the 21st century;
*the impact of tracking and heterogeneous ability grouping; and
*gender and teaching styles--the potential of different teaching
approaches for the attainment of equity.
The book draws some radical new conclusions about the ways that
traditional teaching methods lead to limited forms of knowledge
that are ineffective in non-school settings.
This edition has been revised for the North American market to
show the relevance of the study results in light of the U.S. reform
movement, the "math wars" and debates about teachers, assessment,
and tracking. The details of the study have been rewritten for an
American audience and the results are compared with research
conducted in the U.S. This is an important volume for mathematics
teachers and researchers, education policymakers, and for students
in mathematics education courses.
NOTE: This is a revised edition of " Experiencing School
Mathematics" first published in 1997 by Open University Press, (c)
Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale in North America
only.
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