Dr. Alex Lawson's new book, What to Look For: Understanding and Developing Student Thinking in Early Numeracy, is now available in print and e-text versions.
The book, accompanied by more than 50 narrated videos from Dr. Lawson's longitudinal research on children's mathematical development, is a unique resource that allows teachers to "watch, listen and read about the strategies and underlying key ideas that children use to solve problems," as noted on the Pearson School Canada website.
The book also features a wide variety of classroom activities to build students' computation skills, and help teachers understand where a child's mathematical thinking lies on a framework of primary numeracy development.
"The book resulted from my professional development work with teachers," Dr. Lawson explains. "They wanted access to my research videos with a commentary on children's mathematical thinking, as well as a framework of mathematical development over time. Primary teachers wanted to know what types of mathematics teaching and learning would set a solid foundation for children's later thinking,"
A sample video from the book, which shows a student's process in mathematical problem-solving, is available here: http://www.pearsoncanadaschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS28F9
