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Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction
ASCD 2005; US$ 21.95An eyeopening look at how teachers can use literacy strategies to help students better understand mathematics. more...
Exemplary Practices for Secondary Math Teachers
ASCD 2007; US$ 27.95Veteran educators share proven solutions to guide a new secondary math teacher through the challenging first few months and provide the more experienced teacher with interesting alternatives to familiar methods. more...
Numbers
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Numbers deals with the development of numbers from fractions to algebraic numbers to transcendental numbers to complex numbers and their uses. The book also examines in detail the number pi, the evolution of the idea of infinity, and the representation of numbers in computers. The metric and American systems of measurement as well as the applications... more...
Raising Achievement in Secondary Mathematics
McGraw-Hill Education 2006; US$ 210.00Shows how well-meant teaching strategies and approaches can in practice exacerbate underachievement in maths by making inappropriate demands on learners. As well as criticizing some of the teaching and grouping practices that are considered normal in many schools, this book also offers an alternative view of attainment and capability. more...
Meaning in Mathematics Education
Springer 2006; US$ 139.99What does it mean to know mathematics? How does meaning in mathematics education connect to common sense or to the meaning of mathematics itself? How are meanings constructed and communicated and what are the dilemmas related to these processes? There are many answers to these questions, some of which might appear to be contradictory. Thus understanding... more...
The Construction of New Mathematical Knowledge in Classroom Interaction
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2005; US$ 137.00Deals with the specific characteristics of mathematical communication in the classroom. This book offers a presentation and an application of the fundamental research method in mathematics education that establishes a reciprocal relationship between everyday classroom communication and epistemological conditions of mathematical knowledge. more...
Humans-with-Media and the Reorganization of Mathematical Thinking
Springer 2006; US$ 47.99This book offers a new conceptual framework for reflecting on the role of information and communication technology in mathematics education. Discussion focuses on how computers, writing and oral discourse transform education at an epistemological as well as a political level. Building on examples, research and theory, the authors propose that knowledge... more...
Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 169.99Education in any social environment is influenced in many ways by the traditions of these environments. This volume reflects the structure of the conference in four sections of papers, integrating insights, results and implications from the comparative discussions. more...
Italian Mathematics Between the Two World Wars
Springer 2006; US$ 109.99Italian mathematics between the two World Wars was shaped by a colorful array of strong personalities who concentrated their efforts on a select number of fields and won international recognition and respect in an incredibly short time. This book describes Italian mathematics in the period between the two World Wars. more...
Culture and Teaching Mathematics
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 54.95Mathematics and Teaching uses case studies to explore complex and pervasive issues that arise in teaching. In this volume, school mathematics is the context in which to consider race, equity, political contexts and the broader social and cultural circumstances in which schooling occurs. This book does not provide immediate or definitive resolutions.... more...









