Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI): Measuring Space in One, Two and Three Dimensions

By Deborah Schifter, Virginia Bastable, and Susan Jo Russell

Developing Mathematical Ideas is a staff development/teacher education program designed to help educators think through the major ideas of K–8 mathematics and examine how children develop those ideas. The goal is to engage teachers in a process of inquiry—into mathematics; into learning mathematics; into students' mathematical thinking, in general, and the thinking of one's own students, in particular. In a DMI seminar, teachers discuss print and video cases, explore mathematical questions, investigate the mathematical thinking of their own students, analyze lessons from innovative curricula, and read and discuss essays about related research.

In this module, participants examine different attributes of size, develop facility in composing and decomposing shapes, and apply these skills to make sense of formulas for area and volume. They also explore conceptual issues of length, area, and volume, as well as their complex inter-relationships.

Contact Info: Katherine Caruso (1-800-225-4276 x2543)

Project Website: Teaching to the Big Ideas (TBI)

Published by: Pearson Education Order Info

Price: $40.47
ISBN: 0769027881
Facilitator's Guide

Price: $36.97
ISBN: 0769027873
Casebook

Price: $23.47
ISBN: 1428415246
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Facilitator's Package

Price: $98.97
ISBN: 1428415300
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