1st Edition
Mathematical Imagining A Routine for Secondary Classrooms
By Christof Weber
Copyright 2020
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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Imagine a plastic cup lying on the floor. Give the cup a nudge so that it begins to roll. What does the path it takes look like? So begins the journey that Christof Weber takes you on in Mathematical Imagining: A Routine for Secondary Classrooms . Along the way, he makes the case that the ability to imagine, manipulate, and explain mathematical images and situations is fundamental to all... Read more
Part 1: The Mathematical Imagining Routine: Background and Guidelines; Chapter 1: What Is the Mathematical Imagining Routine?; Chapter 2: Implementing the Mathematical Imagining Routine; Chapter 3: Developing Your Own Exercises in Mathematical Imagining; Part 2: Exercises in Mathematical Imagining: A Collection of Example Tasks; Chapter 4: About Using the Example Tasks; Chapter 5: Construction Exercises in Mathematical Imagining; Chapter 6: Problem-Solving Exercises in Mathematical Imagining; Chapter 7: Reasoning Exercises in Mathematical Imagining; Chapter 8: Paradox Exercise in Mathematical Imagining
Biography
Christof Weber is a professor in the School of Education at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He taught mathematics for twenty-five years at a "Gymnasium" in Switzerland, a post-compulsory public high school preparing students for tertiary education. He currently studies the teaching and learning of mathematics, with a particular focus on algorithms. When not working, Christof and his wife enjoy being outdoors, hiking long treks or traveling to observe eclipses.
