Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics
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Description
From human number lines to sweet solutions, these strategies will enliven your math instruction!
In this new volume from Randi Stone, award-winning teachers model mathematics lessons that work and demonstrate innovative methods that have been field-tested in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
An ideal resource for new and veteran teachers and linked with companion volumes featuring strategies for teaching writing and science, this resource offers:
- Strategies for motivating students with animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, sweet solutions, and much more
- Techniques for engaging students before and after state tests
- A special lesson study chapter focused on win-win professional practice for teachers
This concise text will become one of your most-used guides for clarifying math concepts, increasing math vocabulary, strengthening problem-solving skills, and inspiring students' excitement about math in the real world!
Contents
Preface
Preface
About the Author
About the Author
About the Contributors
- 1. Using a Money-Based Discipline or Reward System in an Elementary Classroom
- 2. Number of the Year Award
- 3. Technology-Enhanced Second-Grade Math
- 4. Getting Zoned-Out Students to Tune In
- 5. Letting Student Strengths Lead Math Problem Solving
- 6. Using Animated Learning Icons to Capture and Enhance Instruction
- 7. Honoring the Middle School Student
- 8. Sweet Solutions in Math Make a Difference in the World
- 9. But . . . Does It Make Sense?
- 10. Keeping Math Alive After State Testing
- 11. Teaching and Learning Math Vocabulary With Meaning
- 12. I Became a Facilitator as Well as a Teacher
- 13. Human Number Line: Make Yourself a Fraction
- 14. A Systematic Approach to Factoring Trinomials
- 15. Engaged Students Love Math
- 16. Letting Everyone Shine
- 17. From Angst to Aptitude: Math Is More Than a Four-Letter Word
- 18. Lesson Study: A "Win-Win" Professional Practice
Index
Index
Description
From human number lines to sweet solutions, these strategies will enliven your math instruction!
In this new volume from Randi Stone, award-winning teachers model mathematics lessons that work and demonstrate innovative methods that have been field-tested in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
An ideal resource for new and veteran teachers and linked with companion volumes featuring strategies for teaching writing and science, this resource offers:
- Strategies for motivating students with animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, sweet solutions, and much more
- Techniques for engaging students before and after state tests
- A special lesson study chapter focused on win-win professional practice for teachers
This concise text will become one of your most-used guides for clarifying math concepts, increasing math vocabulary, strengthening problem-solving skills, and inspiring students' excitement about math in the real world!
Contents
Preface
Preface
About the Author
About the Author
About the Contributors
- 1. Using a Money-Based Discipline or Reward System in an Elementary Classroom
- 2. Number of the Year Award
- 3. Technology-Enhanced Second-Grade Math
- 4. Getting Zoned-Out Students to Tune In
- 5. Letting Student Strengths Lead Math Problem Solving
- 6. Using Animated Learning Icons to Capture and Enhance Instruction
- 7. Honoring the Middle School Student
- 8. Sweet Solutions in Math Make a Difference in the World
- 9. But . . . Does It Make Sense?
- 10. Keeping Math Alive After State Testing
- 11. Teaching and Learning Math Vocabulary With Meaning
- 12. I Became a Facilitator as Well as a Teacher
- 13. Human Number Line: Make Yourself a Fraction
- 14. A Systematic Approach to Factoring Trinomials
- 15. Engaged Students Love Math
- 16. Letting Everyone Shine
- 17. From Angst to Aptitude: Math Is More Than a Four-Letter Word
- 18. Lesson Study: A "Win-Win" Professional Practice
Index
Index
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Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics
What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do
March 2007 | 104 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 01/02/2026 | 9781412924542 | $79.95 |
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412924559 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452293363 | $35.00 |
From human number lines to sweet solutions, these strategies will enliven your math instruction!
In this new volume from Randi Stone, award-winning teachers model mathematics lessons that work and demonstrate innovative methods that have been field-tested in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
An ideal resource for new and veteran teachers and linked with companion volumes featuring strategies for teaching writing and science, this resource offers:
- Strategies for motivating students with animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, sweet solutions, and much more
- Techniques for engaging students before and after state tests
- A special lesson study chapter focused on win-win professional practice for teachers
This concise text will become one of your most-used guides for clarifying math concepts, increasing math vocabulary, strengthening problem-solving skills, and inspiring students' excitement about math in the real world!
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Author
- About the Contributors
- 1. Using a Money-Based Discipline or Reward System in an Elementary Classroom
- 2. Number of the Year Award
- 3. Technology-Enhanced Second-Grade Math
- 4. Getting Zoned-Out Students to Tune In
- 5. Letting Student Strengths Lead Math Problem Solving
- 6. Using Animated Learning Icons to Capture and Enhance Instruction
- 7. Honoring the Middle School Student
- 8. Sweet Solutions in Math Make a Difference in the World
- 9. But . . . Does It Make Sense?
- 10. Keeping Math Alive After State Testing
- 11. Teaching and Learning Math Vocabulary With Meaning
- 12. I Became a Facilitator as Well as a Teacher
- 13. Human Number Line: Make Yourself a Fraction
- 14. A Systematic Approach to Factoring Trinomials
- 15. Engaged Students Love Math
- 16. Letting Everyone Shine
- 17. From Angst to Aptitude: Math Is More Than a Four-Letter Word
- 18. Lesson Study: A "Win-Win" Professional Practice
- Index