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Garbage Pizzas, Patchwork Quilts and Math Magic: Stories about Teachers Who Love to Teach And... Paperback – March, 1994

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Teacher turned freelance writer Ohanian presents a guide to new, innovative methods of teaching math in elementary school.

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  • Paperback: 248 pages
  • Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company (March 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0716725843
  • ISBN-13: 978-0716725848
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Conceptual Math No Longer a Mystery!
By Mary Cooke-Jones on October 19, 2007
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In this book, Susan Ohanian poses some intriguing questions: If we believe in the importance of mathematics, why don't we practice what we preach? Why do we stop taking math courses as soon as we can? She believes that the first issue is that academic attitudes, both positive and negative, come from parents, and "a whole lot of parents have negative attitudes about mathematics". Secondly, teachers pass their own math anxieties on to their students whether they realize it or not. Additionally, many are overwhelmed by the enormity of the task of accomplishing change. It's not enough to come up with good ideas or the newest technology. The bottom line will still be that each individual student needs a smart and sensitive teacher "reacting and prodding and shifting and altering and inspiring". The author maintains that successful schools need to offer courses that develop the mathematical understanding of their staff first, then let the teachers do their jobs.

In 1989, the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics was published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), creating a vision of what mathematical competence should look like as well as outlining a set of goals to guide educators in revising the curriculum. These standards recommended less emphasis on complex pencil-and-paper calculations and more emphasis on making sense of numerical operations, less focus on solitary rote memorization of math facts and rules and more focus on learning to work cooperatively with concrete, manipulative materials, less emphasis on single-answer, one-method problems, and more emphasis on the ability to explain mathematical thinking and writing.Read more ›
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