1st Edition

Enhancing Your Students' Mathematics Learning Through Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Strategies for Secondary and College Teachers

158 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

158 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

158 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

This book outlines cooperative small-group discovery (CSGD) theory and practical learning strategies for implementing it in secondary and collegiate classrooms. Based on Neil Davidson’s decades of work, the author team has designed a resource to help current users of small-group methods in mathematics refine their practice and to entice others to try the strategies themselves. The book describes... Read more

Part I: Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning: Theory and Practice  1. Learning Through Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Activity: What and Why  2. Operating a Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Mathematics Class Part II: Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning in Algebra  3. Recognizing and Representing Quantitative Relationships … 4. Linear Functions, Expressions, and Equations  5. Exponential Functions and Expressions  6. Quadratic Functions, Expressions, and Equations  7. Polynomial and Rational Functions and Expressions  Part III: Sequencing Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning Activities in Unit Plans  8. Introducing Rate of Change, Slope, and y-Intercept  9. Introducing Quadratic Functions  Part IV: Challenges of Using Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Teaching  10. Developing a Productive Cooperative Small-Group Learning Environment  11. Dispelling Myths about Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning

Biography

Neil Davidson is Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, USA, Past President of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE), and Founder of the Network of International Cooperative Learning Educators and Enthusiasts (NICLEE).

James Fey is late Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Mathematics and Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, USA.

Charlene Beckmann is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Mathematics, Grand Valley State University, USA.