Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom (Grades 3-5)explains how to keep inquiry at the heart of mathematics teaching. This book: Outlines basic teaching strategies, such as questioning and exploration of concepts. Provides advanced strategies for teachers who are already implementing inquiry-based methods. Includes practical advice about strategies the authors have used in their own classrooms. Features strategies that can be implemented immediately. Helps teachers build students' abilities to be true mathematicians. Teaching in a project-based environment means using great teaching practices. The authors impart strategies that assist teachers in planning standards-based lessons, encouraging wonder and curiosity, providing a safe environment where failure occurs, and giving students opportunities for revision and reflection.
