Teaching Mathematics to the New Standards: Relearning the Dance (Practitioner Inquiry, 15) Paperback August 1, 2000

by Ruth M. Heaton

With refreshing candor, Ruth Heaton, an elementary mathematics educator with ten years of experience, describes and traces her efforts to change her teaching practice in response to current national reforms in mathematics education. Exploring her changing practice from the vantages of both teacher and researcher, this autobiographical account offers an insider's view of the nature and process of changing one's practice.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Ruth Heaton received her doctorate in curriculum, teaching, and educational policy from Michigan State University in 1994. Currently Assistant Professor in the Center for Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Heaton continues to draw on her teaching experiences and what she learned from them in her work in teacher education and new studies of teacher learning.