Customer Reviews

Teaching Secondary and Middle School Mathematics (3rd Edition)

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Yes, this book is very biased towards the NCTM way of thinking, but it is a very good book overall. It is one of only a handful of textbooks I've seen through my years which is actually readable, and it's got some pretty good tips for beginning teachers. The examples of activities are particularly good, highlighting a lot of the benefits of teaching in this manner.

Unfortunately, as a whole, it goes into little depth on many topics which require further discussion, and it replaces that with some trite little "what would you do?" sections where the answer is always 'it depends' with a long explanation of why. After one or two of these, you'll have had quite enough. If that space were taken with a more thorough analysis of the tactics, particularly with the benefit of utilizing their unconventional methods of assessing students, then this would be a five-star book.

This book is okay. I had to buy it for a methods class. It's at a very basic level, and so doesn't really have any information of substance on how to actually teach math. And it's really really really pro-NCTM, inquiry learning, etc., which is fine but I felt it was a little biased.

Very useful book, includes a lot of examples and information for future educators. I enjoy to read it and summarize the importance.