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Mathematical Teaching and Learning

Perspectives on Mathematical Minds in the Elementary and Middle School Years

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Editors:
  1. Katherine M. Robinson

    1. Department of Psychology, Campion College at the University of Regina, Regina, Canada

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  2. Donna Kotsopoulos

    1. Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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  3. Adam K. Dubé

    1. Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  • Includes international perspectives on middle school mathematics
  • Conducts an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning mathematics
  • Draws a union between education and psychology

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. An Introduction to Mathematics Teaching and Learning in the Elementary and Middle School Years

    • Donna Kotsopoulos, Adam K. Dubé, Katherine M. Robinson
    Pages 1-5

  3. Pedogical Approaches to Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Instructional Supports for Mathematical Problem Solving and Learning: Visual Representations and Teacher Gesture

      • Martha W. Alibali, Anna N. Bartel, Amelia Yeo
      Pages 9-27

    3. Equilibrated Development Approach to Word Problem Solving in Elementary Grades: Fostering Relational Thinking

      • Elena Polotskaia, Annie Savard, Olga Fellus, Viktor Freiman
      Pages 29-50

    4. Experiences of Tension in Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice

      • Ann LeSage, Ami Mamolo
      Pages 51-68

    5. Designing Inclusive Educational Activities in Mathematics: The Case of Algebraic Proof

      • Francesca Morselli, Elisabetta Robotti
      Pages 69-87

    6. A Sustained Board Level Approach to Elementary School Teacher Mathematics Professional Development

      • Brandon Allan Dickson, Donna Kotsopoulos, Carolyn Mussio
      Pages 89-105

  4. Mathematical Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. A Digital Home Numeracy Practice (DHNP) Model to Understand the Digital Factors Affecting Elementary and Middle School Children’s Mathematics Practice

      • Sabrina Shajeen Alam, Adam K. Dubé
      Pages 109-131

    3. How Number Talks Assist Students in Becoming Doers of Mathematics

      • Dawn M. Woods
      Pages 133-150

    4. Language Matters: Mathematical Learning and Cognition in Bilingual Children

      • Mona Anchan, Firat Soylu
      Pages 151-171

    5. Mathematical Creativity of Learning in 5th Grade Students

      • Cleyton Hércules Gontijo, Mateus Gianni Fonseca
      Pages 173-184

    6. Symbolic Mathematics Language Literacy: A Framework and Evidence from a Mixed Methods Analysis

      • Marcia Gail Headley, Vicki L. Plano Clark, Sarah M. Stitzlein, Rhonda Douglas Brown, Christopher M. Swoboda
      Pages 185-206

    7. Grasping Patterns of Algebraic Understanding: Dynamic Technology Facilitates Learning, Research, and Teaching in Mathematics Education

      • Jenny Yun-Chen Chan, Avery Harrison Closser, Hannah Smith, Ji-Eun Lee, Kathryn C. Drzewiecki, Erin Ottmar
      Pages 207-225

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 227-233
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About this book

This book focusses on teaching and learning in elementary and middle school mathematics and suggests practices for teachers to help children be successful mathematical thinkers. Contributions from diverse theoretical and disciplinary perspectives are explored. Topics include the roles of technology, language, and classroom discussion in mathematics learning, the use of creativity, visuals, and teachers’ physical gestures to enhance problem solving, inclusive educational activities to promote children’s mathematics understanding, how learning in the home can enhance children’s mathematical skills, the application of mathematics learning theories in designing effective teaching tools, and a discussion of how students, teachers, teacher educators, and school boards differentially approach elementary and middle school mathematics.

This book and its companion, Mathematical Cognition and Understanding, take an interdisciplinary perspective to mathematical learning and development in the elementary and middle school years. The authors and perspectives in this book draw from education, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. The book will be relevant to scholars/educators in the field of mathematics education and also those in childhood development and cognition. Each chapter also includes practical tips and implications for parents as well as for educators and researchers.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Campion College at the University of Regina, Regina, Canada

    Katherine M. Robinson

  • Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Donna Kotsopoulos

  • Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Adam K. Dubé

About the editors

Katherine Robinson is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Campion College at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her research interests focus on cognitive development with special emphases on the development of conceptual and strategic understanding in arithmetic in both children and adults. She is a member of The Campion College Mathematical Cognition Centre (mc2).

Donna Kotsopoulos is the Dean and a professor in the Faculty of Education, at Western University, Ontario, Canada. Her research focuses on mathematical cognition and learning across the lifespan. Her research has resulted in social innovation with the LittleCounters® program – a community and early child care centre play-based early numeracy program.



Adam Dubé is an Associate Professor of Learning Sciences in the Faculty of Education, at McGill University, Quebec, Canada. His research focuses onthe use of educational technology and games with emphases on how these technologies affect mathematical cognition. He is an AERA-SRCD Early Career Fellow in middle childhood education and development and his work has informed the UNESCO-MGIEP ‘Industry Guidelines on Digital Learning’.

 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mathematical Teaching and Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Mathematical Minds in the Elementary and Middle School Years

  • Editors: Katherine M. Robinson, Donna Kotsopoulos, Adam K. Dubé

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31848-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31847-4Published: 16 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31850-4Due: 17 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-31848-1Published: 15 June 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 233

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Pedagogic Psychology, Education, general, Education, general

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