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Number Sense and Number Nonsense: Understanding the Challenges of Learning Math |  | Authors: Nancy Krasa, Sara Shunkwiler
Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 189506
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 159857020X
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.7
EAN: 9781598570205
ASIN: 159857020X
Publication Date: April 16, 2009
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How do children learn math -- and why do some children struggle with it? The answers are in Number Sense and Number Nonsense, a straightforward, reader-friendly book for education professionals and an invaluable multidisciplinary resource for researchers. More than a first-ever research synthesis, this highly accessible book brings math difficulties into clear focus, helping educators and psychologists get inside students' heads so they can devise the best way to help children learn. Clinical psychologist Nancy Krasa and middle-school teacher Sara Shunkwiler combine their expertise for an eye-opening exploration of how the brain works during the many complex facets of math learning. Readers will gain a complete, research-based understanding of what it means when students struggle with understanding relative values; comprehending spatial configurations; reading and writing numerals or other symbols; mastering arithmetic facts or algorithms; deciphering word problems or fractions; paying attention, tracking information, planning ahead, or thinking flexibly and critically; and reasoning abstractly and arguing logically. Educators will improve their math instruction with the classroom examples and helpful samples of student work, and psychologists will effectively evaluate math learning problems with the assessment guidelines and clinical case illustrations. With this in-depth guided tour of essential math skills and the difficulties students may encounter with each, education professionals will gain the insight they need to turn number nonsense into number sense for children who struggle with math.
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How the Brain Deals with Numbers May 29, 2009
Cecily Selling (Philadelphia PA USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been waiting a long time for someone to write this book. I have worked with students who learn differently since 1990. Everyone seems to know about how the reading process works and what the brain does, but until now no one had done the same with math. I could see the difficulties the students had and tried to help by teaching in many different ways, but I really wanted to be able to see research on why students have trouble with math and how to help them.
The book is clear and explicit about how the brain deals with math and where the difficulties come from. It is also clear on the fact that we don't really know how to help those with difficulties. I appreciate the honesty, and I hope those who are doing education research in math will follow some of the leads that the book suggests.
If you are a math teacher or learning specialist, I highly recommend this book.
Best math book I have read April 8, 2010
W. Davis (Deeeeetroit)
I have over twenty years experience as a teacher. This book provides the most astute compilation of foundational mathematics learning that is currently available. A must-read for any educator.
Reviews all the techniques and challenges of teaching math to kids November 13, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
NUMBER SENSE AND NUMBER NONSENSE: UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF LEARNING MATH by Nancy Krasa and Sara Shukwiler reviews all the techniques and challenges of teaching math to kids and understanding points where they struggle. Clinical psychologist Nancy Krasa teams with a middle-school math teacher Sara Shunkwiler to provide a powerful collection blending research findings, classroom teachings, and student case histories.
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