Beyond Answers: Exploring Mathematical Practices with Young Children

by Michael Flynn

Beyond Exploring Mathematical Practices with Young Children, author Mike Flynn provides teachers with a clear and deep sense of the Standards for Mathematical Practice and shares ideas on how to best implement them in K-2 classrooms.' Each chapter is dedicated to one of the eight common core standards. Using examples from his own teaching and vignettes from many other K-2 teachers, Flynn does the ' Invites you to break the cycle of teaching math procedurally Demonstrates what it means for children to understandnot just domath Explores what it looks like when young children embrace the important behaviors espoused by the practices The book's extensive collection of stories from K-2 classroom provides readers with glimpses of classroom dialogue, teacher reflections, and examples of student work. Focus questions at the beginning of each vignette help you analyze the examples and encourage further reflection. Beyond Answers' is a wonderful resource that can be used by individual teachers, study groups, professional development staff, and in math methods courses. '

Genres: Mathematics, Education

230 pages, Paperback

Published November 23, 2016

About the author

Librarian Note: There are 11 authors named Michael Flynn. Within Goodreads they are disambiguated by the number of spaces between the first and last names.
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6 Michael Flynn The Unmasking: Married to a Rapist (1993)
7 Michael Flynn The Second Fleet (1993) and Settlers And Seditionists (1994)
8 Michael Flynn Genocide, War, and Human Survival (1996) and Trauma and Self (1996)
9 Michael Flynn High-Level Language Computer Architecture (1988)
10 Michael Flynn The Legal Aspects of Public Purchasing (2004)
11 Michael Flynn Ceramic Figures: A Directory of Artists (2002)

Reviews

[Sydney Sandell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very informative on how to effectively implement the 8 mathematical practices in the classroom.