Product Description

Children's Mathematics was written to help you understand children's intuitive mathematical thinking and use that knowledge to help children learn mathematics with understanding.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44985 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Thomas Carpenter is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has taught for twenty-five years. He is the former editor of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, and has received major awards for his research publications from the NCTM and the American Educational Research Association.

Elizabeth Fennema is Emerita Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Senior Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has studied the teaching and learning of mathematics throughout her professional career, and is well known for her work on gender and mathematics.

Megan Loef Franke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California–Los Angeles and Director of Center X: Where Research and Practice Intersect for Urban School Professionals. Her work focuses on understanding and supporting teacher learning through professional development.

Linda Levi is an Associate Researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her recent work focuses on children’s algebraic reasoning in the elementary school. She has designed and conducted professional development workshops for teachers across the country.

Customer Reviews

An excellent tool
This book revolutionized the way that I taught math in my classroom. I was a more informed instructor, and it allowed me to group, scaffold, and individualize my instruction. The year that I implemented these techniques into my fifth grade class, we made an average of two years growth in one year! Highly recommend this one!

Children's mathematics; Cognitive Guided Instruction
Excellent resource for those wishing to guide students from informal understanding of solving word problems to problem solving. The authors' examples of the various problem types coupled with explanations and strategically placed video clips (CD included) guide even the most novice CGI instructor to a clear understanding of the problems and expected student strategies, classroom environment and expectations needed to implement this teaching strategy.

Children's Mathematics: CGI
The book was in pretty good condition--what I expected. However, it did not come with the CD's, which I needed for my class, so I was a bit inconvenienced.