The Math Teachers Know: Profound Understanding of Emergent Mathematics

by Brent Davis and Moshe Renert

Book Overview

What sorts of mathematics competencies must teachers have in order to teach the discipline well? This book offers a novel take on the question. Most research is focused on explicit knowledge-that is, on the sorts of insights that might be specified, catalogued, taught, and tested. In contrast, this book focuses on the tacit dimensions of teachers' mathematics knowledge that precede and enable their competencies with formal mathematics. It highlights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415858445
• ISBN13: 9780415858441
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.1"