Mathematics in the Making: Authoring Ideas in Primary Classrooms

Mathematics in the Making demonstrates how you can help children become respected authors of their own mathematical ideas by emphasizing mathematics as a way of thinking.

HEIDI MILLS is assistant professor of elementary education at the University of South Carolina. She has worked with teachers in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, public schools to develop a whole language curriculum for the Child Development Center.David J. Whitin is a Professor of Elementary Education at Wayne State University, where he teaches courses in mathematics education and elementary school curriculum. David has been an elementary school principal and teacher. David has a Baccalaureate degree from Princeton University, a master's degree from Boston University, an M.A.T. from the University of New Hampshire, and a doctorate in elementary education from Indiana University. David's presentations are lively and interactive. He involves teachers themselves in a variety of experiences so that they have the opportunity to reflect on their own learning. He shares numerous samples of children's work to demonstrate how teachers have enacted these beliefs about learning in creative ways. He has frequently spoken for such groups as NCTE, NCTM, IRA and many groups nationally and internationally.