All Products by Denisse R Thompson

Math, Culture, and Popular Media

Michaele F Chappell , Denisse R Thompson

Pub Date: 6/30/2009
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 6th-8th

  Realizing that middle-grades students bring to classrooms different experiences that shape their meaning about mathematics, both from inside and outside the classroom, it seems that embracing culture…is one important way to address a need in schools—that is, high achievement in mathematics by all students. —Michaele... more

Introduction to Reasoning and Proof, Grades 6-8

Susan O'Connell , Karren Schultz-Ferrell , Denisse R Thompson

Pub Date: 4/3/2008 1
Product Type: BOOK WITH CD
Grade: 6th-8th

  NCTM’s Process Standards support teaching that helps students develop independent, effective mathematical thinking. The books in the Heinemann Math Process Standards Series give every middle grades math teacher the opportunity to explore each standard in depth. The series offers friendly, reassuring advice and ready-to-use... more

Mathematical Literacy

Denisse R Thompson , Gladis Kersaint , Janet Richards , Patricia Hunsader , Rheta Rubenstein

Pub Date: 1/23/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 6th-8th

Language and communication are important to mathematics just as they are to the other content areas. Mathematical Literacy is a powerful resource that introduces you to a wide spectrum of strategies and approaches for building students’ facility in mathematical communication.   Mathematical Literacy demonstrates how... more