03432nam a2200385Ia 4500 35504 BD-DhAAL 20211130114900.0 190917t2006 enka b 001 0 eng d 41287 41287 0335218601 9780335218608 9780335218608 (OCoLC)70909766 (OCoLC)150359099 (OCoLC)166281735 (OCoLC)819780760 (OCoLC)1039561019 11014622 EQO eng EQO BAKER YDXCP OCLCQ UAB IXA BTCTA NLGGC VRC AU@ S4S OCLCF OCLCQ UKBRU LHL P4A ERL LTU LIP DHA OCLCQ LND FQG NIC BD-DhAAL QA11.2 .W38 2006 510.712 22 Watson, Anne, 1948- 34779 Raising achievement in secondary mathematics / Anne Watson. Maidenhead, England : Open University Press, 2006. ix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-186) and indexes. Learning about school mathematics -- Abilities and understanding -- Teacher's judgments -- The impact of differences in practice and belief -- The fallacy of 'getting to know' learners -- Thinking mathematically in low-attaining groups -- Approaches to reconstruction: test cramming versus developing proficiency -- Identifying deep progress -- Construction, reconstruction and renewal. This book brings together research and professional knowledge to enhance the teaching of lower attaining students in secondary mathematics. Attainment in mathematics is an important social issue, since underachievement can make a difference to future life choices, particularly amongst certain groups of students. "Raising Achievement in Secondary Mathematics" shows how well-meant teaching strategies and approaches can in practice exacerbate underachievement in maths by making inappropriate demands on learners. As well as criticizing some of the teaching and grouping practices that are considered normal in many schools, the book also offers an alternative view of attainment and capability, based on real classroom incidents in which 'low attaining students' show themselves to be able to think about mathematics in quite sophisticated ways. The author argues that teaching could be based on learners' proficiency, rather than on correcting deficits in knowledge and behaviour.; She describes how a group of teachers who believed that their students could do better with higher expectations developed a range of principles and strategies to support their work - the students showed significant progress and the teachers felt they were doing a better job. With numerous case studies, ideas and teaching strategies, this book is for anyone who is teaching, or learning to teach, mathematics. BIED Complimentary copy from BIED 35504 Mathematics Study and teaching (Secondary) 34780 Effective teaching. 34781 Effective teaching. 34781 Mathematics Study and teaching (Secondary) 34780 Mathematics Teaching Secondary schools. 34782 Ayesha Abed Library BIED Collection ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 510_712000000000000_WAT 0 66350 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2019-09-17 Complimentary copy from BIED 0 510.712 WAT 3010035504 2019-09-17 1 2019-09-17 BK Transferred from BIED to General Stacks