The history of mathematics is one of creation and discovery in many parts of the world, and yet few people realize that Pythagoras' Theorem was known to the Babylonians a thousand years before the Greeks. Similarly, Pascal's Triangle of 1645 was actually used in practical ways much earlier in China. Indeed, there is a rich field of African, Middle Eastern, and Asian mathematics that is often ignored in the teaching of the subject. Mathematics, then, is an international language and field of study that knows no barriers between race, culture, or creed. How can we exploit this rich heritage not only to improve the teaching of mathematics, but to prepare our children for life in a multicultural society? This pioneering book is the first to explore ways of helping schoolchildren understand the universality of mathematics, and at the same time making it a more enjoyable, relevant, and rewarding enterprise. Multicultural Mathematics brings together the experience of three well-known teachers and researchers who offer suggestions and guidance for an important new approach to education. Written for parents, teachers, and administrators, and with technical mathematics kept to a minimum, this book discusses the theories behind multicultural mathematics, shows how this method can be applied within the core of any elementary curriculum, and explores the educational and social benefits of this new approach to teaching mathematics.

Multicultural Mathematics

Literature & Fiction

Joseph, George Gheverghese

NELSON, DAVID

Williams, Julian

Classics

Oxford University Press

The mistakes children make in mathematics are usually not just 'mistakes' - they are often intelligent generalizations from previous learning. Following several decades of academic study of such mistakes, the phrase 'errors and misconceptions' has recently entered the vocabulary of mathematics teacher education and has become prominent in the curriculum for initial teacher education. The popular view of children's errors and misconceptions is that they should be corrected as soon as possible. The authors contest this, perceiving them as potential windows into children's mathematics. Errors may diagnose significant ways of thinking and stages in learning that highlight important opportunities for new learning. This book uses extensive, original data from the authors' own research on children's performance, errors and misconceptions across the mathematics curriculum. It progressively develops concepts for teachers to use in organizing their understanding and knowledge of children's mathematics, offers practical guidance for classroom teaching and concludes with theoretical accounts of learning and teaching.Children's Mathematics 4-15 is a groundbreaking book, which transforms research on diagnostic errors into knowledge for teaching, teacher education and research on teaching. It is essential reading for teachers, students on undergraduate teacher training courses and graduate and PGCE mathematics teacher trainees, as well as teacher educators and researchers.

Children’s Mathematics 4-15

Education & Teaching

Ryan, Julie

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

This is a resource book for teachers of mechanics. It provides a supportive introduction to practical investigations using simple apparatus, mathematical modelling in mechanics and real problem solving. It encourages students to perceive their misconceptions and correct them and takes an investigative and open-ended approach to learning.

Mechanics in Action

Science & Math

Savage, Mike

Mathematics

Cambridge University Press

No matter what race, gender, or other sociocultural group we are born into, we all have one thing in common: our humanity. From this common ground we can begin to establish and work toward common goals. This book is a frank discussion on the leadership and interpersonal relationship problems within fire departments, but can be used by anyone working to unify a group. Real-life situations are presented in order to provide the readers with some proven methods to resolve leadership, motivational, racial, and gender diversity problems. The techniques presented will serve the organizationÂ’s goals as well as the needs of the individual members. The idea is that when both the organizationÂ’s goals and the individualÂ’s needs are met, productivity is increased. 
In This Book Readers Will: 
Â• Recognize the importance of effective human relations in achieving the organizationÂ’s goals 
Â• Be able to identify the elements of effective leadership 
Â• Learn no-fault solutions to diversity issues 
Â• Have an understanding of the human endowments and the important role these endowments play in achieving successful results 
Â• Construct personal and organizational mission statements that will serve as the basis for proactively meeting both personal and professional objectives 
Â• Discover that if the organization does not empower its members then it is entrapping them

Personal Empowerment: Fire Engineering

Business & Money

Crane, Bennie L.

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Fire Engineering Books & Videos

A tried and tested approach to mathematics assessment for ages 5-14. Nationally standardised on over 12,500 pupils, MaLT can be used at any time during the school year - for screening, monitoring and tracking progress, as well as for individual diagnostic profiling. Available in both pencil-and-paper and interactive computer-adaptive (CAT) formats, these nationally standardised tests - for groups or individuals - also yield diagnostic information which will directly support individual and whole-class teaching. - Purpose-written to highlight particular errors and misunderstandings which are diagnostic of key learning needs - counting errors, misconceptions with decimals, etc - Simple structure makes it easy for you to assess your pupils and get the information you need - Key Stage 1 Teacher Manual contains all the key information in one place for MaLT tests 5-7 - One Scorer/Profiler CD-ROM for use with all the tests. This makes it easier to record and monitor year-on-year progress across ages 5-14. It also enables you to mark all of the pencil-and-paper tests on-screen - All questions are mapped to the current strands and objectives, to make it easy to see how well your pupils are performing and to provide the information you need - Provides the summative measures of performance needed for screening, monitoring and progress assessment. MaLT tests have been standardised nationally, ensuring secure, reliable results MaLT Year-on-Year Tests -Take only 45 minutes to test a whole class - Samples the full range of mathematical skills appropriate to each year group - MaLT Tests 5-7 are presented orally to minimise reliance on reading, so that pupils with reading difficulties are not disadvantaged

MaLT Stage One (Tests 5-7) Manual (Mathematics Assessment for Learning and Teaching) (Mathematics Assessment for Learning & Teaching)

Hodder Education

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