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Language for learning mathematics : assessment for learning in practice /

This work delivers practical strategies for bringing more discourse into lesson plans, and provides teachers with a powerful way to raise standards in the classroom.

Основен автор: Lee, Clare S.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2006.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Language for learning mathematics.
Съдържание:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • How this book tells its story
  • Chapter 01 Increase discourse increase learning
  • Discourse and Assessment for Learning
  • Mathematical language a barrier to overcome
  • Increase mathematical discourse, increase learning
  • The benefits of pupils8217; involvement in mathematical discourse
  • Communities outside the classroom
  • Making connections in mathematics
  • Action research
  • Chapter 02 Mathematical language what it is and what it isn8217;t
  • The mathematics register
  • Important features of the mathematics register
  • Issues in using mathematical language in the classroom
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 03 Starting to talk in the mathematics classroom
  • Organizing the classroom
  • Including everyone in the discourse getting the ethos right
  • Time is a big issue in learning
  • Building a facility with mathematical language
  • Practical approaches to use in the classroom
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 04 Assessment for Learning
  • Introduction
  • Learning objectives and success criteria
  • Questions and answers
  • Feedback
  • Peer and self-assessment
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 05 Going further with purposeful communication in mathematics
  • Involving the pupils in the learning process
  • Challenge is an issue in pupils8217; learning
  • Literacy and mathematics
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 06 The source of the ideas delving into theory
  • Introduction
  • An overview of the theory linking language and learning
  • Mathematical language and theories of learning
  • Assessment for Learning
  • The mathematics classroom as a discourse community
  • Thinking and speech are intimately connected in the learning process
  • Changes in the teacher8217;s and the pupils8217; role in a mathematical discourse community
  • Changing practice
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 07 Looking at practice more deeply
  • A discourse community
  • Key characteristics of a discourse community
  • Changing practice
  • The end or the beginning?
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover.