Teaching Mathematical Reasoning in Secondary School Classrooms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brodie, Karin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Teaching.; Mathematics Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Curriculum Studies.; Education, general.

For too many students, mathematics consists of facts in a vacuum, to be memorized because the instructor says so, and to be forgotten when the course of study is completed. In this all-too-common scenario, young learners often miss the chance to develop skills—specifically, reasoning skills—that can...

Table of Contents:

• to Part 1
• Teaching Mathematical Reasoning: A Challenging Task
• Contexts, Resources, and Reform
• to Part 2
• Mathematical Reasoning Through Tasks: Learners’ Responses
• Learning Mathematical Reasoning in a Collaborative Whole-Class Discussion
• Classroom Practices for Teaching and Learning Mathematical Reasoning
• Teaching Mathematical Reasoning with the Five Strands
• Teaching the Practices of Justification and Explanation
• to Part 3
• Learner Contributions
• Teacher Responses to Learner Contributions
• Dilemmas of Teaching Mathematical Reasoning
• Learner Resistance to Teacher Change
• Conclusions and Ways Forward: The “Messy” Middle Ground.