TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Jane
AU  - Beswick,Kim
AU  - Brown,Natalie
TI  - Educational Research and Professional Learning in Changing Times: The MARBLE Experience
SN  - 9789460919459
AV  - L1-991 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Rotterdam
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Education--Research
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Educational Research and Professional Learning in Changing Times: The MARBLE Experience -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Section 1: Background and the Marble Project -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge -- 4. Student Attitude -- 5. Student Performance -- 6. Teachers' Perspectives On The MARBLE Project -- Section 2: Case Studies -- 7. Case Study 1: A Framework For Numeracy: Working Collaboratively -- 8. Case Study 2: An Inquiry Approach to Developing Mathematical Thinking and Communication -- 9. Case Study 3: Algebraic Representations of Proportional Relationships -- 10. Case Study 4: Beginning Inference in Year 7 -- 11. Case Study 5: Enrichment Problem Solving for High Ability Middle School Students -- 12. Case Study 6: Decimal Division: Student Responses to "3 ÷ 0.5" -- 13. Case Study 7: Positive Experiences with Negative Numbers -- 14. Case Study 8: Placing Fractions on a Number Line -- Section 3: Writing for Teachers -- 15. Proportional Reasoning in Middle School Mathematics -- 16. Developing Proportional Reasoning with Ratios: Making a Paint Chart -- 17. Estimating Tree Heights for Primary School -- 18. Estimating Tree Heights for Middle School -- 19. Beginning Inference in a Measurement Context -- 20. Exploring Variation in a Manufacturing Context: Licorice -- 21. An Inquiry about Pi as a Ratio -- 22. Measurement and Science: Activities for the Middle Years -- Section 4: Reflections -- 23. Reflections -- References -- Appendices -- Index
N2  - Educational Research and Professional Learning in Changing Times reports three dimensions of a longitudinal Australian study with the ultimate aim of improving the mathematics learning outcomes for all middle school students in preparation for the quantitative literacy requirements of the 21st century. It was also hoped to improve the prospects for students with the interest to study further mathematics
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