Flynn presents readers with a comprehensive guide to applying the Standards for Mathematical Practice to the teaching of mathematics in kindergarten through second grade classrooms in the United States. The author covers making sense of problems and persevering in solving them, reasoning abstractly and quantitatively, constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others, modeling with mathematics, and a great many other related topics over the book’s nine chapters. The author is a faculty member of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The Standards for Mathematical Practice are written in clear, concise language. Even so, to interpret them and visualize what they mean for your teaching practice isn’t always easy. In this practical, easy-to-read book
, Mike Flynn provides teachers with a clear and deep sense of these standards and shares ideas on how best to implement them in K–2 classrooms.
Each chapter is dedicated to a different practice. Using examples from his own teaching and vignettes from many other K–2 teachers, Mike does the following:
- Invites you to break the cycle of teaching math procedurally
- Demonstrates what it means for children to understand—not just do—math
- Explores what it looks like when young children embrace the important behaviors espoused by the practices
The book’s extensive collection of stories from K–2 classroom provides readers with glimpses of classroom dialogue, teacher reflections, and examples of student work. Focus questions at the beginning of each vignette help you analyze the examples and encourage further reflection.
Beyond Answers is a wonderful resource that can be used by individual teachers, study groups, professional development staff, and in math methods courses.
| Foreword |
|
ix | |
|
|
| Acknowledgments |
|
xi | |
| Introduction Lost in Boston: A Case for Meaningful Math Instruction |
|
1 | (12) |
|
Chapter 1 Mathematical Practice 1: Make Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them |
|
|
13 | (26) |
|
Chapter 2 Mathematical Practice 2: Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively |
|
|
39 | (20) |
|
Chapter 3 Mathematical Practice 3: Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the Reasoning of Others |
|
|
59 | (22) |
|
Chapter 4 Mathematical Practice 4: Model with Mathematics |
|
|
81 | (24) |
|
Chapter 5 Mathematical Practice 5: Use Appropriate Tools Strategically |
|
|
105 | (24) |
|
Chapter 6 Mathematical Practice 6: Attend to Precision |
|
|
129 | (22) |
|
Chapter 7 Mathematical Practice 7: Look For and Make Use of Structure |
|
|
151 | (26) |
|
Chapter 8 Mathematical Practice 8: Look For and Express Regularity in Repeated Reasoning |
|
|
177 | (20) |
|
Chapter 9 Putting It All Together |
|
|
197 | (6) |
| References |
|
203 | (4) |
| Index |
|
207 | |
Mike Flynn is the director of Mathematics Leadership Programs at Mount Holyoke College and runs the Master of Arts in Mathematics Teaching program. Prior to this work, he taught second grade at the William E. Norris Elementary School in Southampton, Massachusetts, for fourteen years. He is the 2008 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, a recipient of the 2009 National Education Association Foundation Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, and a 2010 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching.
Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta