Mathematics as the Science of Patterns | Making the Invisible Visible to Students Through Teaching

Patrick M. Jenlink

ISBN 10: 1648027458 / ISBN 13: 9781648027451

Published by Information Age Publishing, 2022

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Mathematics as the Science of Patterns | Making the Invisible Visible to Students Through Teaching | Patrick M. Jenlink | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2022 | Information Age Publishing | EAN 9781648027451 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematics as the Science of Patterns | Making the Invisible Visible to Students Through Teaching
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648027458
• ISBN 13: 9781648027451
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 19D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 567 grams
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Mathematics as the Science of Patterns: Making the Invisible Visible to Students through Teaching introduces the reader to a collection of thoughtful, research-based works by authors that represent current thinking about mathematics, mathematics education, and the preparation of mathematics teachers. Each chapter focuses on mathematics teaching and the preparation of teachers who will enter classrooms to instruct the next generation of students in mathematics.

The value of patterns to the teaching and learning of mathematics is well understood, both in terms of research and application. When we involve or appeal to pattern in teaching mathematics, it is usually because we are trying to help students to extract greater meaning, or enjoyment, or both, from the experience of learning environments within which they are occupied, and perhaps also to facilitate remembering. As a general skill it is thought that the ability to discern a pattern is a precursor to the ability to generalize and abstract, a skill essential in the early years of learning and beyond.

Research indicates that the larger problem in teaching mathematics does not lie primarily with students; rather it is with the teachers themselves. In order to make changes for students there first needs to be a process of change for teachers. Understanding the place of patterns in learning mathematics is a predicate to understanding how to teach mathematics and how to use pedagogical reasoning necessary in teaching mathematics. Importantly, the lack of distinction created by the pedagogical use of patterns is not immediately problematic to the student or the teacher. The deep-seated cognitive patterns that both teachers and students bring to the classroom require change.