Background
Countryman, Joan Cannady was born on March 16, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William Patrick and Virginia Bayton (Banks) Countryman.
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Writing to Learn Mathematics: Strategies That Work, K-12
( Investigating interesting problems about the world make...)
Investigating interesting problems about the world makes mathematics compelling and engaging, but many students experience math as simply a set of rules and procedures to memorize and repeat on tests. Writing, however, frees students of the idea that mathematics is a collection of right answers owned by teachers. In Writing to Learn Mathematics, Joan Countryman demonstrates how you can dramatically improve students' reasoning capabilities using: • journals • learning logs • letters • autobiographies • investigations • formal papers. The text provides descriptions of writing activities that classroom teachers can use to enhance the learning of math and includes examples of student writing, from short journal entries to excerpts from longer research papers. Most helpful are the topics suggested to explore at different levels of the primary and secondary mathematics curriculum, including descriptions of student responses to these presentations. Readers of Writing to Learn Mathematics will discover how writing can help students develop concepts and thinking skills as well as free them to recognize what they know--and what they want to explore.
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Joan Cannady Countryman
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Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, 1962; Master in Urban Studies, Yale University, 1966; postgraduate, Wesleyan University, 1963-1964; postgraduate, London School Economics, 1966-1967.
Career
Director community schools, School District Philadelphia, 1967-1969;
director career planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969-1970;
from teacher, department head to assistant head school, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, 1970-1993;
head, Lincoln School, Providence, since 1993. Consultant National S.E.E.D. (Seeking Ednl. Equity and Diversity), Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1989-1996.
Master teacher Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1986-1989, board directors, 1993-1997. Book reviewer New York Times, 1986-1994.
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Writing to Learn Mathematics: Strategies That Work, K-12
( Investigating interesting problems about the world make...)
- By Joan Countryman - Writing to Learn Mathematics: Strategies That Work, K-12: 1st (first) Edition
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Writing to Learn Mathematics: Strategies That Work, K-12
Membership
Board of directors Cmty. Preparatory School, Providence, 1994-1997, City Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts, 1994-1998, Project Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Providence, 1993-1994. Board of managers Haverford College, since 1996.
Member Association Indiana Schools New England (board directors since 1995), Indiana School Association Rhode Island (board directors 1994-1997), National Association Principal Schools for Girls (board directors 1994-1997), National Council Teachers Mathematics.
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Married Peter Jon Countryman, August 27, 1963 (divorced 1972). Children: Matthew, Rachel. Married Edward Bernard Jakmauh, June 24, 1990.
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