Inclusive Mathematics 11-18

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It has been speculated that all learners are capable of sophisticated mathematical thought if given supportive environments and challenging stimuli. Inclusive Mathematics 11-18 provides a timely guide for teachers wishing to eradicate underachievement and to ensure that all students, whatever their learning styles, backgrounds or abilities, benefit as fully as possible from their teaching.

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"This is one of those rare texts which one can wholeheartedly recommend to teachers across the whole spectrum from idealistic novice to fatigued veteran...it is intellectually provocative and intensely practical."--Dr. William Higginson, Queen's University, Canada
"This book should be essential reading for all teachers of Mathematics."--Dr. Jo Boaler, Stanford University
"Read these books and be inspired." - Times Educational Supplement, June 15, 2001

Author Bio

Mike Ollerton taught for 25 years in schools and 10 years in teacher training. He is now a freelance consultant based in the UK. Anne Watson is Reader in Mathematics Education at the University of Oxford. Her interests include exemplification and task design in mathematics teaching and learning; the use of fine-grained approaches to analysis of mathematics interaction within socio-cultural perspectives; the role of mathematics education in social justice issues. She teaches PGCE Secondary Mathematics and leads a small group of Mathematics Education researchers who focus on mathematical thinking in school contexts.