Developing Mathematical Reasoning: The Strategies, Models, and Lessons to Teach the Big Ideas in Grades K-2 (Corwin Mathematics Series)

By Pamela Weber Harris

"The book details a reasoning and understanding based approach to teaching K-2 mathematics based on the predicate that mathematics education is most valuable when it builds critical thinking skills rather than replicating the abilities of electronic problem solvers, be they calculators or generative AI. Crucial to this approach is an understanding that algorithms are extremely poor teaching tools for building critical thinking skills, as the point of an algorithm is to allow the solver to solve without thinking at all. As such, the book details what we should be teaching in the K-2 band, suggesting replacing algorithms with a finite list of major strategies that together provide powerful reasoning skills, efficiency, and accuracy"-- Provided by publisher.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1071967541
• ISBN13: 9781071967546
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.7" x 7.0"