Improving instruction in algebra
By: Margaret Schwan Smith, Edward A. Silver, Mary Kay Stein, with Marjorie A. Henningsen, Melissa Boston, and Elizabeth K. Hughes.
Contributors: Silver, Edward A., 1948-; Stein, Mary Kay.
Series: Ways of knowing in science and mathematics series; Using cases to transform mathematics teaching and learning -- v. 2.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780807745304
Subjects: Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: Using cases to enhance learning; title: 1. Using cases to learn; title: 2. Examining linear growth patterns; title: the case of Catherine Evans and David Young; title: 3. Examining nonlinear growth patterns; title: the case of Ed Taylor; title: 4. Comparing linear graphs; title: the case of Edith Hart; title: 5. Interpreting graphs of time versus speed; title: the case of Robert Carter; title: II: Facilitating learning from cases; title: 6. Using cases to support learning about teaching; title: 7. Facilitating learning from the case of Catherine Evans and David Young; title: 8. Facilitating learning from the case of Ed Taylor; title: 9. Facilitating learning from the case of Edith Hart; title: 10. Facilitating learning from the case of Robert Carter.