How the Brain Learns Mathematics

Synopsis

To Reach All Your Math Students, Use Your Brain-and Theirs, Too! This Updated Bestseller Takes Readers To The Next Level With New Brain-friendly Strategies Backed By The Latest Research And Even More Ways To Seamlessly Incorporate What You Learn About Your Students' Developing Minds Into Your Math Classroom. Discover The Cognitive Mechanisms For Learning Math, Explore Factors That Contribute To Learning Difficulties, And Follow A Four-step Teaching Model That Relates Classroom Experience To Real-world Applications. Features Include: *new Strategies For Motivating Adolescents *integration Of The Arts Into Mathematics Instruction *new Information On How Technology Affects Attention And Memory *expanded Sections On Number Sense And Ell Instruction *more Than 160 New References. Developing Number Sense -- Learning To Calculate -- Reviewing The Elements Of Learning -- Teaching Mathematics To The Preschool And Kindergarten Brain -- Teaching Mathematics To The Preadolescent Brain -- Teaching Mathematics To The Adolescent Brain -- Recognizing And Addressing Mathematics Difficulties -- Putting It All Together : Planning Lessons In Prek-12 Mathematics. David A. Sousa. Previous Edition: 2008. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.