Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
Anniversary Edition
Both sides in the math wars claim Dr. Ma as their own. This books broad appeal offers some hope for common ground in math education. We will continue fights over whether children should be taught arithmetic rules or theory. What Dr. Ma shows is that we need both.
New York Times
Liping Mas work has given me hope about what can be done to improve mathematics education.
Richard Askey, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A stealth hit for math junkies on both sides of the math wars, and a must read for anyone interested in solving the problems of public schools.
Christian Science Monitor
This book supports the need for, and indeed the educational benefits of, changing professional teaching conditions for U.S. teachers. It provides some food for thought for everyone involved in improving mathematics education. And it supports the necessity that even at the elementary school level, students can, and should, learn challenging mathematics.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics News Bulletin
Studies of teachers in the United States often document insufficient subject matter knowledge in mathematics. Yet, these studies give few examples of the knowledge teachers need to support teaching, particularly the kind of teaching demanded by recent reforms in mathematics education. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics describes the nature and development of the knowledge that elementary teachers need to become accomplished mathematics teachers, and suggests why such knowledge seems more common in China than in the United States, despite the fact that Chinese teachers have less formal education than their U.S. counterparts.
The anniversary edition of this bestselling volume includes the original studies that compare U.S. and Chinese elementary school teachers mathematical understanding and offers a powerful framework for grasping the mathematical content necessary to understand and develop the thinking of school children. Highlighting notable changes in the field and the authors work, this new edition includes an updated preface, introduction, and key journal articles that frame and contextualize this seminal work.
Liping Ma earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University, following a masters degree in education from East China Normal University. After a term as a senior scientist at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, she is now an independent scholar.
STUDIES IN MATHEMATICAL THINKING AND LEARNING
Alan H.Schoenfeld, Series Editor
Artzt/Armour-Thomas/CurcioBecoming a Reflective Mathematics Teacher: A Guide for Observation and Self-Assessment, Second Edition
Baroody/Dowker (Eds.)The Development of Arithmetic Concepts and Skills: Constructing Adaptive Expertise
BoalerExperiencing School Mathematics: Traditional and Reform Approaches to Teaching and Their Impact on Student Learning
Carpenter/Fennema/Romberg (Eds.)Rational Numbers: An Integration of Research
Chazan/Callis/Lehman (Eds.)Embracing Reason: Egalitarian Ideals and the Teaching of High School Mathematics
Cobb/Bauersfeld (Eds.)The Emergence of Mathematical Meaning: Interaction in Classroom Cultures
CohenTeachers Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom: Bringing Understandings to Light
Clements/Sarama/DiBiase (Eds.)Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education
English (Ed.)Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning of Young Learners
English (Ed.)Mathematical Reasoning: Analogies, Metaphors, and Images
Fennema/Nelson (Eds.)Mathematics Teachers in Transition
Fennema/Romberg (Eds.)Mathematics Classrooms That Promote Understanding
Fernandez/YoshidaLesson Study: A Japanese Approach to Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Greer/Mukhopadhyay/Powell/Nelson-Barber (Eds.)Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education
Kaput/Carraher/Blanton (Eds.)Algebra in the Early Grades
LajoieReflections on Statistics: Learning, Teaching, and Assessment in Grades K-12
Lehrer/Chazan (Eds.)Designing Learning Environments for Developing Understanding of Geometry and Space
MaKnowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States, Anniversary Edition
MartinMathematics Success and Failure Among African-American Youth: The Roles of Sociohistorical Context, Community Forces, School Influence, and Individual Agency
Martin (Ed.)Mathematics Teaching, Learning, and Liberation in the Lives of Black Children
Petit/Laird/MarsdenA Focus on Fractions: Bringing Research to the Classroom
ReedWord Problems: Research and Curriculum Reform
Romberg/Fennema/Carpenter (Eds.)Integrating Research on the Graphical Representation of Functions
Romberg/Carpenter/Dremock (Eds.)Understanding Mathematics and Science Matters
Romberg/ShaferThe Impact of Reform Instruction on Mathematics Achievement: An Example of a Summative Evaluation of a Standards-Based Curriculum
Sarama/ClementsEarly Childhood Mathematics Education Research: Learning Trajectories for Young Children
Schliemann/Carraher/Brizuela (Eds.)Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic: From Childrens Ideas to Classroom Practice
Schoenfeld (Ed.)Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving
Senk/Thompson (Eds.)Standards-Based School Mathematics Curricula: What Are They? What Do Students Learn?
SolomonMathematical Literacy: Developing Identities of Inclusion
SophianThe Origins of Mathematical Knowledge in Childhood
Sternberg/Ben-Zeev (Eds.)The Nature of Mathematical Thinking
Stylianou/Blanton/Knuth (Eds.)Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades: A K-16 Perspective
Sultan/ArtztThe Mathematics That Every Secondary Mathematics Teacher Needs to Know
WatsonStatistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals
Watson/MasonMathematics as a Constructive Activity: Learners Generating Examples
Wilcox/Lanier (Eds.)Using Assessment to Reshape Mathematics Teaching: A Casebook for Teachers and Teacher Educators, Curriculum and Staff Development Specialists
Wood/Nelson/Warfield (Eds.)Beyond Classical Pedagogy: Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
Zaskis/Campbell (Eds.)Number Theory in Mathematics Education: Perspectives and Prospects
Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
Teachers Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States
Anniversary Edition
Liping Ma
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