What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success (33 page)

theorems,
20
–23,
24

Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS),
103
–4

Thirty-six Fences problem,
71
–74

threats against teachers,
38

Thrun, Sebastian,
8

Thurston, William,
142
–43

The
Times
(London),
78

tracking,
103
–8.
See also
ability grouping

traditional math instruction

and Amber Hill School,
74
–80

and communicative approach,
59

contrasted with communicative approach,
65
–66

described,
2
–3

and gender issues,
120
–21,
124
–25,
126

and informal math methods,
10

and math outside the classroom,
10
–11

and math wars, 33, 35–38, 39–46

and monotony,
150
–51

public awareness of shortcomings,
184

and questions in math classes,
175
–76

shortcomings of,
153

traffic lighting activity,
98

triangles,
21
,
72

trigonometry,
2
,
73
–74,
75
,
75

t-tables,
60
,
60
,
62
–63

Two Bishops School,
99

Two Jars Puzzle,
173
,
206
–7

two-year colleges,
4

Udacity,
8

underachievment,
124

United Kingdom, math education in,
6
, 55,
111
.
See also
England, math education in

United States, math education in

and ability grouping,
104
–8,
119

comparative math competency, 3–4,
10

and gender issues,
131
,
132
,
136
–37

and misconceptions about math skill,
186

University of California, Berkeley, 9

urban schools,
58
–68

variables, 35–37,
61
–62

variety of teaching approaches,
138
–39,
149
–51,
164
–65

Venezuela,
99

visualization

and communicative approach,
60
–62,
63

memorization contrasted with,
121
–22

and parental involvement in education,
190

and representation of ideas,
146

and representations of math problems, 53,
54

and shortcomings of passive learning, 45–46

and varieties of math strategies,
139
–40

Volume
216
project,
70

volume problems,
173
–74

Wertheim, Margaret,
18
–19

What Is Mathematics, Really?
(Hersch),
15
, 47

White, Barbara,
97

White, Mary Alice,
95

Wiles, Andrew,
22
–24

Wiliam, Dylan,
92
–93,
98

Williams, Cathy,
185

Wilson, Robin,
25

Wilson, Suzanne,
38

Wolfram, Conrad,
8

Wolfram/Alpha,
8

women, 43.
See also
gender issues in math instruction

word problems,
52

workplace use of math skills,
6
–11,
25

work strategies,
138
–66

and classroom behaviors,
157
–59

and collaborative learning,
163
–66

and conceptual understanding,
154
–56

and creativity and innovation,
159
–63

and summer school program,
145
–54

and varied approaches to math learning,
138
–39

variety of,
139
–45

written feedback,
99

wrong answers,
192
.
See also
mistakes

Yiu, Lisa,
105

YouCubed,
12
,
116
,
178
,
184
–85,
194
,
221

Zohar, Anat,
127

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