Creating a Language-Rich Math Class - Strategies and Activities for Building Conceptual Understanding (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

What meanings do your students have for key mathematics concepts? What meanings do you wish them to have?　Creating a Language-Rich Math Class offers practical approaches for developing conceptual understandings by connecting concrete, pictorial, verbal, and symbolic representations. The focus is on making mathematics memorable instead of on memorizing.

You’ll learn strategies for introducing students to math language that gives meaning to the terms and symbols they use every day; for building flexibility and precision in students’ use of math language; and for structuring activities to make them more language-rich. This second edition also provides strategies for helping students to at times be quiet and listen to their peers; for purposefully using language to introduce students to more complex mathematical symbolism and algebraic properties; and for using writing prompts to zoom in on the meanings that individual students have given to the language-rich experiences.

Appropriate for elementary teachers and instructional coaches, the book also includes features such as Investigations to Try and Questions for Reflection to help you incorporate these ideas into your practice. In addition, there are Blackline masters of game cards and puzzles, which can also be found on our website for free download at http://www.routledge.com/9780367759957.

Table of Contents

1. What Are They Really Thinking? Determining the Meaning Kids Have for Terms 2. Investigating Symbolic Decoding vs. Conceptual Language 3. Understanding the Meaning of the Operations 4. Tips for Creating a Language-Rich Math Class 5. The Power of the Forced Mute 6. Purposefully Choose and Use Materials 7. Purposefully Use Representations to Build the Language of Properties 8. Changing the Order for Introducing Mathematical Language: Experience Then Name 9. Structuring Activities to Make Them Language Rich 10. Building Precision and Flexibility in Using Mathematical Language 11. Introducing Mathematical Language as We Record Student Thinking 12. Making Sense of Word Problems: Developing Independent Problem Solvers 13. The Importance of Writing in a Language Rich Mathematics Class

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Sandra L. Atkins
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	186
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-75995-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Children's & Educational > Mathematics > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Books > Academic & Education > Primary & Secondary Education Promotions Books > Promotion > JB Academic
LSN:	0-367-75995-0
Barcode:	9780367759957

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