Connecting mathematical ideas : middle school video cases to support teaching and learning / Jo Boaler, Cathy Humphreys ; foreword by Deborah Loewenberg Ball.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-127). Includes bibliographical references (p. 119 - 127).
Contents:
Opening the door to my classroom by Cathy Humphreys -- Building on student ideas: the border problem, part 1 -- Building understanding of algebraic representation: the border problem, part 2 -- Defending reasonableness: division of fractions -- Introducing the notion of proof -- Continuing our discussion of proof: convincing others -- Class participation through the eyes of students -- Volume of prisms and cylinders: extending prior knowledge -- Surface area: generating geometric formulas.
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