Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Reading (Texts)

Dan Meyer's critique and re-thinking of textbooks: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html


Hannah's Question, by Alan Block

Curriculum from the Back of the Bookstore, by Alan Block

You are a Mathematician, by Peter Appelbaum
pdf version of Chapter Three: "You are a Mathematician" - c.f., pp. 107-114
Embracing Mathematics, Prologue

Herbel-Eisenmann & Wagner on the ways a math textbook positions the reader

A method for doing genre analysis, by Susan Gerofsky

 Guides by mathematicians:
MAA Website: Ashley Reiter, Maine School of Science and Mathematics, "Helping Undergraduates Learn to Read Mathematics"
Kevin Lee, Purdue-Calumet "Tips for Reading Mathematics"
Alet Roux, Univerity of Hull, "How to Read Mathematics"
College-Algebra.com, "Reading Mathematics"

Further reading:
Gutstein, Eric. 2006. Reading and writing the world with mathematics: Toward a pedagogy for social justice. Routledge.
Leaonard, Jacqueline. 2008. Culturally specific pedagogy in the mathematics classroom: Strategies for teachers and students. Routledge.

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