Creating a Language-Rich Math Class : Strategies and Activities for Building Conceptual Understanding (Hardcover, 2 ed)

1. What Are They Really Thinking? Determining the Meaning Kids Have for Terms 2. Investigating Symbolic Decoding vs. Conceptual Language 3. Understanding the Meaning of the Operations 4. Tips for Creating a Language-Rich Math Class 5. The Power of the Forced Mute 6. Purposefully Choose and Use Materials 7. Purposefully Use Representations to Build the Language of Properties 8. Changing the Order for Introducing Mathematical Language: Experience Then Name 9. Structuring Activities to Make Them Language Rich 10. Building Precision and Flexibility in Using Mathematical Language 11. Introducing Mathematical Language as We Record Student Thinking 12. Making Sense of Word Problems: Developing Independent Problem Solvers 13. The Importance of Writing in a Language Rich Mathematics Class