1st Edition

What's Right About Wrong Answers Learning From Math Mistakes, Grades 4-5

By Nancy Anderson Copyright 2017
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

You can't learn to hit a three-point shot without missing a lot of shots. You can't learn to play a piece of music correctly without striking a lot of wrong notes. And, as Nancy Anderson explains in What's Right About Wrong Answers: Learning From Math Mistakes, Grades 4-5 , You can't learn math without making mistakes. Anderson turns mistakes on their head and helps you cleverly use them to... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1: Whole-Number Multiplication and Division; Chapter 2: Fractions; Chapter 3: Decimals; Chapter 4: Measurement and Geometry

Biography

Nancy Anderson is K-8 mathematics coordinator and eighth-grade mathematics teacher at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. She is an experienced classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, and professional development leader, as well as coauthor of Classroom Discussions in Math and Good Questions for Math Teaching, Grades 5-8. Nancy earned her doctoral degree in mathematics education from Boston University.