Full Description
This book is about how teachers can use classroom mathematics tasks to support
student learning, and presents data on the ways in which teachers used those
tasks in a particular research project. It is the product of research findings
focusing on teacher practice, teacher learning and knowledge, and student
learning. It demonstrates how teachers can use mathematics tasks to promote
effective student learning.
Contents
1. Researching Tasks in Mathematics Classrooms.- 2. Perspectives on Mathematics, Learning and Teaching.- 3. Tasks and Mathematics Learning. 4. Using Purposeful Presentational Tasks.- 5. Using Mathematical Tasks Arising from Contexts.- 6. Using Content-Specific Open-Ended Tasks.- 7. Moving from the Task to the Lesson: Pedagogical Practices and other Issues.- 8. Constructing a Sequencing of Lessons.- 9. Students' Preferences for Different Types of Mathematics Tasks.- 10. Students Perceptions of Characteristics of Desired Mathematics Lessons.- 11. Contrasting Types of Tasks: A Story of Three Lessons. - 12. Conclusions.- 13. A Selection.
