Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics

Liping Ma

ISBN 10: 0415873835 / ISBN 13: 9780415873833

Published by Routledge, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415873835
• ISBN 13: 9780415873833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Sehr gut
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Synopsis

Studies of teachers in the U.S. 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 author’s work, this new edition includes an updated preface, introduction, and key journal articles that frame and contextualize this seminal work.

About the Author

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.