How the brain learns mathematics

Summary: Explains neuroscientific findings in understandable terms and discusses the impact of this information on teaching mathematics. The text offers a unique and simplified four-step model for teaching mathematics to PreK-12 students that helps teachers consistently relate what learners experience in the classroom to concrete, real-world applications.

Record details

ISBN: 9781412953054 (cloth)
ISBN: 9781412953061 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1412953057 (cloth)
ISBN: 1412953065 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781412965903 (Facilitator's guide)
Physical Description: print
xii, 244 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes a glossary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Developing number sense -- Learning to calculate -- Reviewing the elements of learning -- Teaching mathematics to the preschool and kindergarten brain -- Teaching mathematics to the preadolescent brain -- Teaching mathematics to the adolescent brain -- Recognizing and addressing mathematics difficulties -- Putting it all together : planning lessons in PreK-12.
Awards Note:	2008 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist. 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medal.