Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Algebra

Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Algebra

<p>The first three volumes of this popular series<strong> </strong>help teachers support children's development in number sense and operation, from addition and subtraction through fractions, decimals, and percents. <strong>Catherine Twomey Fosnot</strong> and <strong>Maarten Dolk</strong>'s signature approach uses classroom vignettes to illustrate the investigations and minilessons students engage in as they build their mathematical knowledge.</p> <p>The hallmarks of their approach include:</p> <ul> <li>Supporting children as they construct mathematical strategies and big ideas </li> <li>Creating realistic contexts and representational models that develop children's capacity to mathematize their world </li> <li>Building a collaborative community of mathematical thinkers engaged in inquiry</li> </ul> <p>For the fourth volume Catherine teams up with<strong> Bill Jacob</strong> to offer a comfortably familiar and characteristically rich extension to the earlier work. In <strong><em>Constructing Algebra</em></strong> Catherine and Bill provide a landscape of learning that helps teachers recognize, support, and celebrate their students' capacity to structure their worlds algebraically.<span> They identify for teachers the models, contexts, and landmarks that facilitate algebraic thinking in young students. </span></p> <p>This volume will be a welcome resource for classroom teachers, math supervisors, and curriculum coordinators alike. Preparing young children for success in algebra is a crucial topic. <em>Constructing Algebra</em> provides the insightful and practical methods from the most trusted source for teaching mathematics to young students from Kindergarten through grade 8. </p> <p>"<em>When children are given the chance to structure number and operation in their own way, they can make sense of algebra not as a funny set of rules that mixes up letters and numbers but as a language for describing the structure and relationships they uncover</em>." <strong>-Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Bill Jacob</strong></p>