Mathematical argumentation in middle school - the what, why, and how : a step-by-step guide with activities, games, and lesson planning tools /: a step-by-step guide with activities, games, and lesson planning tools. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer Knudsen, Harriette Stevens, Teresa Lara-Meloy, Hee-Joon Kim, Nikki Schechtman.
• Authors: (Mathematics teacher), Knudsen, Jennifer; Stevens, Harriette; Lara-Meloy, Teresa; Kim, Hee-Joon; Schechtman, Nikki
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Mathematical Argumentation: Why and What; Argumentation Is Important!; What Argumentation Is—and Is Not; A Four-Part Model of Argumentation; About Truth; Teaching as Disciplined Improvisation; Improvisation for Argumentation and Norm Setting; Sharing Mathematical Authority; Getting Started With Argumentation; Argumentation Lessons Versus Argumentation in Lessons; Working Together; Chapter 2. Generating Cases; What Does It Mean to Generate Cases?; An Activity Rich in Argumentation and Content; Vignette: Small Groups Generate Cases; Teaching Moves; Establishing Norms; Planning; Tasks; Working Together; Chapter 3. Conjecturing; What Does It Mean to Conjecture?; Vignette: Conjecturing Together; Teaching Moves; Establishing Norms; Planning; Tasks; Working Together; Chapter 4. Justifying; What Does It Mean to Justify?; Vignette: Justifying Multiple Conjectures; Teaching Moves for Eliciting Justifications; Vignette: Critiquing and Connecting Arguments; Teaching Moves for Critiquing and Connecting Arguments; Establishing Norms; Planning; Tasks; Working Together; Chapter 5. Representations in Justifications; What Are Representations?; Vignette: Visual Representations Foster Participation; Vignette: Gestures Enable a Unique Contribution; Teaching Moves; Using Dynamic Digital Tools; Establishing Norms; Planning; Tasks; Working Together; Chapter 6. Levels of Justification; Four Levels of Justification; Level 0: No Justification; Level 1: Case-Based Justifications; Level 2: Partially Generalized Justifications Based on Cases; Level 3: Fully Generalized Justifications; A Rubric for Levels; Teaching Moves for Transitions Between Levels; Working Together; Chapter 7. Concluding; What Does It Mean to Conclude?; Vignettes: Concluding; Teaching Moves; Establishing Norms; Planning; Tasks; Working Together; Chapter 8. Planning; How Can You Plan for Students’ Argumentation?; Written Lesson Plans; Visualizing a Lesson; Vignette: Visualizing Justification; Digital Tools; Updating and Sharing Lesson Plans; Advice on Planning; Working Together; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 510.712; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Activity programs; Junior high school teachers -- Training of; Mathematics teachers -- Training of
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506394244
• Related ISBNs: 9781506376691
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