Curricular resources and classroom use : the case of mathematics /

Curricular resources have a significant influence on students' opportunities to learn. At the same time, teachers play a crucial role as interpreters of such materials. This book examines how to make the most of the potential of curricular resources to support classroom work.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stylianides, Gabriel J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Notion of "Curricular Resources"; 1.2 The Research Context of this Book; 1.3 The Focus and Contribution of this Book; 1.4 The Organization of this Book; 2 Introducing the Two Approaches; 2.1 The Approaches Are Complementary; 2.2 The Approaches Focus on Complex Issues; 2.3 The Approaches Focus on (High-Level) Tasks; 2.4 The Approaches Start from the Curricular Resources; 2.5 The Approaches Are Applicable across Different Dimensions of Variation; 2.6 The Discussion and Exemplification of the Approaches
  • 3 Description of the Comprehensive Approach3.1 Overview Discussion of the Comprehensive Approach; 3.2 An Operational Definition for the Fidelity of Implementation of Tasks; 3.3 Component 1 of the Comprehensive Approach: Determining the Fidelity of Implementation of Tasks; 3.4 Component 2 of the Comprehensive Approach: Explaining the Fidelity of Implementation of Tasks; 3.5 General Remarks about the Comprehensive Approach and Its Application; 4 Exemplification and Overall Discussion of the Comprehensive Approach; 4.1 Exemplification of the Comprehensive Approach: Episode 1
  • 4.2 Exemplification of the Comprehensive Approach: Episode 24.3 Overall Remarks about the Comprehensive Approach and Its Exemplification; 5 Description of the Practical Approach; 5.1 Overview Discussion of the Practical Approach; 5.2 Determining the Fidelity of Implementation of Tasks; 5.3 Developing the Framework; 5.4 Applying the Framework; 5.5 General Remarks about the Practical Approach and Its Application; 6 Exemplification and Overall Discussion of the Practical Approach; 6.1 The Reasoning-and-Proving Framework; 6.2 Further Exemplification of the Practical Approach
  • 6.3 Overall Remarks about the Practical Approach and Its Exemplification7 Development of a Synthetic Approach; 7.1 Description of the Synthetic Approach; 7.2 Different Iterations of the Synthetic Approach; 7.3 Conclusion; 8 Concluding Remarks; References; Author Index; Subject Index