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...