| Description |
x, 139 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-139). |
| Contents |
Progress and challenge -- Effective teaching and learning -- Establish mathematics goals to focus learning -- Implement tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving -- Use and connect mathematical representations -- Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse -- Pose purposeful questions -- Build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding -- Support productive struggle in learning mathematics -- Elicit and use evidence of student thinking -- Essential elements -- Access and equity -- Curriculum -- Tools and technology -- Assessment -- Professionalism -- Taking action -- Leaders and policymakers in all districts and states or provinces -- Principals, coaches, specialists, and other school leaders -- Teachers. |
| Summary |
This text offers guidance to teachers, mathematics coaches, administrators, parents, and policymakers. This book: provides a research-based description of eight essential mathematics teaching practices ; describes the conditions, structures, and policies that must support the teaching practices ; builds on NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and supports implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics to attain much higher levels of mathematics achievement for all students ; identifies obstacles, unproductive and productive beliefs, and key actions that must be understood, acknowledged, and addressed by all stakeholders ; encourages teachers of mathematics to engage students in mathematical thinking, reasoning, and sense making to significantly strengthen teaching and learning. |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching. |
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United States. |
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Effective teaching.
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Effective teaching. |
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Curriculum planning.
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Curriculum planning. |
| Added Author |
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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| ISBN |
9780873537742 (paperback) |
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0873537742 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
99966019665 |
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