Engaging Diverse Learners in the Mathematics Classroom

Engaging Diverse Learners in the Mathematics Classroom

A Functional Language Awareness Approach for Middle and High School Educators

Wright, Wayne E.; Langman, Juliet; Hansen-Thomas, Holly

Brookes Publishing Co

09/2022

196

Mole

Inglês

9781681256313

15 a 20 dias

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About the Online Companion Materials
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: A Functional Language Awareness Approach to Teaching Mathematics
Objectives
What we mean by language and literacy
Solving for area: A language function with many features
Introducing functional language and language awareness
Summary

Chapter 2: Into the Classroom: Contexts and Activities
Objectives
Defining contexts for learning
Embracing diverse classroom experiences
Learning through activity
Summary

Chapter 3: Lesson Planning with Language Functions and Language Objectives in
Mind
Objectives
Lesson planning with functional language awareness
Understanding language demands and language objectives
Summary

Chapter 4: Introducing New Material: Defining and Describing
Objectives
What do we mean by 'defining' in the mathematics classroom?
Focusing explicitly on vocabulary
Tools for word study in the classroom
Summary

Chapter 5: Making Sense of Problems: Inferring, Predicting and Outlining
Objectives
What we mean by problem-solving in the mathematics classroom
Focusing explicitly on grammar
Tools for problem solving in the classroom
Summary

Chapter 6: Building Expertise in Explaining and Reasoning
Objectives
What we mean by explaining in the mathematics classroom
Focusing explicitly on grammar and frames for explaining
Promoting explaining in the classroom
Summary

Chapter 7: Reviewing and Communicating Results
Objectives
What we mean by reviewing and communicating results
The art of reviewing in the mathematics classroom
Communicating results: Precision in language
Summary

Chapter 8: Reflecting on Practice in Functional Language Awareness Classrooms
Objectives
Using functional language awareness to design and reflect on the big issues
Reflection in unit and lesson planning
Summary
Glossary
References
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Multilingual learners; English language learners; English learners; multilingualism; emergent bilinguals; teaching ELLs; math for English learners; math for multilingual learners; language and math; math literacy; academic language; math language