Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction

By Megan L. FrankeLinda LeviSusan B. Empson, et al.

Book Overview

The bestselling first edition of Children's Mathematics helped hundreds of thousands of teachers understand children's intuitive mathematical thinking and use that knowledge to help children learn mathematics with understanding. The highly anticipated Second Edition provides new insights about Cognitively Guided Instruction based on the authors' research and experience in CGI classrooms over the last 15 years. Highlights include:

how children solve problems using their intuitive understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division the development of children's mathematical thinking throughout the primary grades instructional practices that promote children's active engagement in mathematics connections between children's strategies and powerful mathematical concepts

A new expanded collection of over 90 online video episodes illustrating children's mathematical thinking, interactions between students and teachers, and classroom instruction that builds on children's mathematical thinking.

Together, the Second Edition and videos provide a detailed research-based account of the development of children's mathematical thinking and problem solving, and how teachers can promote this development in ways that honor children's thinking.

Check out all the Cognitively Guided Instruction books here: Heinemann.com/CGImath

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325052875
• ISBN13: 9780325052878
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

CGS is great for all ages!

This book is very understandable. This came recommended to me and it was a good choice. It's a thin book and nice easy read!

CGI Book

I am really happy with my purchase. I bought it for a class and it is easy to intigrate the information in the text to the classroom. Thanks!

An excellent tool

This book revolutionized the way that I taught math in my classroom. I was a more informed instructor, and it allowed me to group, scaffold, and individualize my instruction. The year that I implemented these techniques into my fifth grade class, we made an average of two years growth in one year! Highly recommend this one!

Children's mathematics; Cognitive Guided Instruction

Excellent resource for those wishing to guide students from informal understanding of solving word problems to problem solving. The authors' examples of the various problem types coupled with explanations and strategically placed video clips (CD included) guide even the most novice CGI instructor to a clear understanding of the problems and expected student strategies, classroom environment and expectations needed to implement this teaching strategy.