NCTM Top Sellers http://www.nctm.org/handlers/rssfeed.ashx?ChannelID=2 en Sat, 18 May 2013 18:52:37 GMT Aptify e-Business 60 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13953 Learn the 5 practices for facilitating effective inquiry-oriented classrooms:
Anticipating what students will do--what strategies they will use--in solving a problem
Monitoring their work as they approach the problem in class
Selecting students whose strategies are worth discussing in class
Sequencing those students' presentations to maximize their potential to increase students' learning
Connecting the strategies and ideas in a way that helps students understand the mathematics learned

Includes a Professional Development Guide.

Copublished with Corwin Press  More]]> 13953 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Implementing the Common Core State Standards through Mathematical Problem Solving: High School (List Price $24.95 Member Price $19.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14329 Connect the process of problem solving with the content of the Common Core. The first of a series, this book will help mathematics educators illuminate a crucial link between problem solving and the Common Core State Standards. More]]> 14329 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Functions for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 9-12 (List Price $35.95 Member Price $28.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13483 Help your high school students develop a robust understanding of functions. More]]> 13483 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Expressions, Equations, and Functions for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6-8 (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13798 This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about expressions, equations, and functions. It is organized around five big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas—essential understandings.Taking you beyond a simple introduction to expressions, equations, and functions, the book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students—and teachers. It will help you engage your students, anticipate their perplexities, avoid pitfalls, and dispel misconceptions. You will also learn to develop appropriate tasks, techniques, and tools for assessing students' understanding of the topic.

 More]]> 13798 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work, Leader's Guide (List Price $24.95 Member Price $19.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14387 How do you help your students demonstrate mathematical proficiency toward the learning expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

This leader companion to the grade-level teacher guides illustrates how to sustain successful implementation of the CCSS for mathematics. School leaders will discover how to support and focus the work of their collaborative mathematics teams for significant student achievement and improvement. Readers will receive explicit guidance and resources on how to lead and exceed the assessment expectations of the common core.

Copublished with Solution Tree Press  More]]> 14387 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Good Questions: Great Ways to Differentiate Mathematics, Second Edition (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14440 Expanded to include connections to Common Core State Standards, as well as National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards, this critically acclaimed book will help every teacher and coach to meet the challenges of differentiating mathematics instruction in the K–8 classroom. In this bestseller, math education expert Marian Small explains two powerful and universal strategies that teachers can use across all math content: Open Questions and Parallel Tasks.  More]]> 14440 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Ratios, Proportions, and Proportional Reasoning for Teaching Mathematics: Grades 6-8 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13482 Move beyond the mathematics you expect your students to learn. More]]> 13482 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work, Grades 6-8 (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14385 This teacher guide illustrates how to sustain successful implementation of the CCSS for mathematics for grades 6–8. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level. Acquire strategies for meeting the rigor of the grades 6–8 standards, including the unique content around ratios, proportions, and relationships at grades 6 and 7. Get insight into the new expectations for grades 6–8 assessment as well as the readiness required for the high school standards.  More]]> 14385 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work, High School (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14386 How do you help your students demonstrate mathematical proficiency toward the learning expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

This teacher guide illustrates how to sustain successful implementation of the CCSS for mathematics for high school. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it, including deep support for the Mathematical Modeling conceptual category of the CCSS. Comprehensive and research-affirmed analysis tools and strategies will help you and your collaborative team develop and assess student demonstrations of deep conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. You’ll also learn how fundamental shifts in collaboration, instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention can increase college and career readiness in every one of your students. Extensive tools to implement a successful and coherent formative assessment and RTI response are included.

Copublished with Solution Tree  More]]> 14386 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Geometry for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6-8 (List Price $35.95 Member Price $28.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14122 This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about geometry. It is organized around four big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas—essential understandings. Taking you beyond a simple introduction to geometry, the book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students—and teachers.  More]]> 14122 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Beyond Good Teaching: Advancing Mathematics Education for ELLs (List Price $35.95 Member Price $28.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14118 Many languages, many cultures, one goal—high-quality mathematics education…  More]]> 14118 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Mathematical Reasoning for Teaching Mathematics in Grades Pre-K-8 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13794 This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about mathematical reasoning. It is organized around one big idea, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas—essential understandings.Taking you beyond a simple introduction to mathematical reasoning, the book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students—and teachers. It will help you engage your students, anticipate their perplexities, avoid pitfalls, and dispel misconceptions. You will also learn to develop appropriate tasks, techniques, and tools for assessing students' understanding of the topic.

 More]]> 13794 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work, Grades 3-5 (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14384 How do you help your students demonstrate mathematical proficiency toward the learning expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

This teacher guide illustrates how to sustain successful implementation of the CCSS for mathematics for grades 3–5. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level, including deep support for the unique work for Number & Operations—Fractions in grades 3–5 and learning progression models that capstone expectations for middle school mathematics readiness.

Copublished with Solution Tree Press  More]]> 14384 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Connecting the NCTM Process Standards and the CCSSM Practices (List Price $30.95 Member Price $24.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14327 Connecting the Standards, Improving Mathematical Instruction

By connecting the CCSSM to previous standards and practices, the book serves as a valuable guide for teachers and administrators in implementing the CCSSM to make mathematics education the best and most effective for all students.  More]]> 14327 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Eyes on Math: A Visual Approach to Teaching Math Concepts (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14573 A unique teaching resource that provides engaging, full-color graphics and pictures with text showing teachers how to use each image to stimulate mathematical teaching conversations around key K–8 concepts.

Copublished with Teachers College Press  More]]> 14573 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Statistics for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6-8 (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13800 This book focuses on the essential knowledge for mathematics teachers about statistics. It is organized around four big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas--essential understandings. More]]> 13800 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Administrator's Guide: Interpreting the Common Core State Standards to Improve Mathematics Education (List Price $23.95 Member Price $19.16) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14288 Nearly a decade ago, NCTM published Administrator's Guide: How to Support and Improve Mathematics Education in Your School. This updated Administrator's Guide now positions school and district leaders to make sense of the past decade's many recommendations, with special emphasis on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

 More]]> 14288 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Rational Numbers for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 3-5 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13493 Help your upper elementary school student develop a robust understanding of rational numbers. More]]> 13493 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Algebraic Thinking for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 3-5 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13796 Like algebra at any level, early algebra is a way to explore, analyze, represent, and generalize mathematical ideas and relationships. This book shows that children can and do engage in generalizing about numbers and operations as their mathematical experiences expand. The authors identify and examine five big ideas and associated essential understandings for developing algebraic thinking in grades 3–5. More]]> 13796 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Multiplication and Division for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 3-5 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13795 Move beyond the mathematics you expect your students to learn.

"Unpacking" the ideas related to multiplication and division is a critical step in developing a deeper understanding. To those without specialized training, may of these ideas might appear to be easy to teach. But those who teach in grades 3-5 are aware of their subtleties and complexities. More]]> 13795 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Geometry for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 9-12 (List Price $35.95 Member Price $28.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14123 This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about geometry. It is organized around four big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas--essential understandings.  More]]> 14123 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Proof and Proving for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 9-12 (List Price $35.95 Member Price $28.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13803 This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about proof and the process of proving. It is organized around five big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas—essential understandings. More]]> 13803 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Defining Mathematics Education – Presidential Yearbook Selections 1926-2012 (List Price $59.95 Member Price $47.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14551 The 75th Anniversary Yearbook: Celebrating a Valued Tradition of Defining Mathematics Education  More]]> 14551 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Statistics for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 9-12 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13804 This book examines five big ideas and twenty-four related essential understandings for teaching statistics in grades 9–12. More]]> 13804 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Rich and Engaging Mathematical Tasks: Grades 5-9 (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13516 A valuable resource to any mathematics teacher, this rich collection of mathematical tasks will enliven students’ engagement in mathematical thinking and reasoning and help them succeed in the classroom. More]]> 13516 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Focus in Grade 2: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13790 The goal of each grade specific book in the Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points series is to present the mathematics in each of the Focal Points in more detail. Follow an instructional progression from introducing and building concepts to developing depth of understanding to strengthing fluency.  More]]> 13790 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Addition and Subtraction for Teaching Mathematics in Pre-K-Grade 2 (List Price $32.95 Member Price $26.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13792 Move beyond the mathematics you expect your students to learn. More]]> 13792 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Developing Essential Understanding of Number and Numeration for Teaching Mathematics in Pre-K-2 (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13492 Move beyond the mathematics you expect your students to learn. More]]> 13492 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT More Good Questions: Great Ways to Differentiate Secondary Mathematics Instruction (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13782 Differentiate math instruction with less difficulty and greater success! More]]> 13782 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13494 A framework to guide the development of future 9–12 mathematics curriculum and instruction. More]]> 13494 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mathematics Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning (List Price $38.95 Member Price $31.16) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14303 Award-winning author Page Keeley and mathematics expert Cheryl Rose Tobey apply the successful format of Keeley’s best-selling Science Formative Assessment to mathematics. They provide 75 formative assessment strategies and show teachers how to use them to inform instructional planning and better meet the needs of all students. Research shows that formative assessment has the power to significantly improve learning, and its many benefits include:

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 More]]> 14303 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Putting Essential Understanding of Fractions into Practice in Grades 3-5 (List Price $35.95 Member Price $28.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14542 What tasks can you offer—what questions can you ask—to determine what your students know or don’t know—and move them forward in their thinking?

This book focuses on the specialized pedagogical content knowledge that you need to teach fractions effectively in grades 3–5. The authors demonstrate how to use this multifaceted knowledge to address the big ideas and essential understandings that students must develop for success with fractions—not only in their current work, but also in higher-level mathematics and a myriad of real-world contexts.

 More]]> 14542 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving: Prekindergarten–Grade 6 (List Price $8.76 Member Price $8.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=12576 This volume and its companion for grades 6–12 furnish the coherence and direction that teachers need to use problem solving to teach mathematics.  More]]> 12576 Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks (List Price $11.95 Member Price $9.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13837 Intended for all math types. Provides a comprehensive collection of math humor, containing over 400 jokes. It’s a book that all teachers from elementary school through college should have in their library. More]]> 13837 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Navigating through Number and Operations in Grades 3-5 (with CD-ROM) (List Price $46.95 Member Price $37.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=12952 Activities in this book invite students to use fraction circles to compare fractions and dot arrays to explore multiplication and the distributive property. The authors present many other hands-on approaches as well. More]]> 12952 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Administrator's Guide: How to Support and Improve Mathematics Education in Your School (List Price $20.95 Member Price $16.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=12706 Describes what administrators need to know about mathematics education and how to support and improve mathematics education in their schools.  More]]> 12706 Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work, Grades K-2 (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14383 How do you help your students demonstrate mathematical proficiency toward the learning expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

This teacher guide illustrates how to sustain successful implementation of the CCSS for mathematics for grades K–2. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level, including insight into prekindergarten early childhood readiness expectations for the K–2 standards, as well as the unique Counting and Cardinality standards for kindergarten.

Copublished with Solution Tree Press  More]]> 14383 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Navigating through Geometry in Grades 3–5 (with CD-ROM) (List Price $37.95 Member Price $30.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=12173 The "big ideas" of geometry–shape, location, transformations, and spatial visualization–are the focus of this book. More]]> 12173 Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT Navigating through Measurement in Grades 3–5 (with CD-ROM) (List Price $41.95 Member Price $33.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=12525 This book follows students' natural progression from measuring with informal or nonstandard units to using standard units to measure such attributes as length, weight, angle, and temperature.  More]]> 12525 Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT The Impact of Identity in K-8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14119 Each teacher and student brings many identities to the classroom. What is their impact on the student’s learning and the teacher’s teaching of mathematics?

This book invites K–8 teachers to reflect on their own and their students’ multiple identities. Rich possibilities for learning result when teachers draw on these identities to offer high-quality, equity-based teaching to all students. Reflecting on identity and re-envisioning learning and teaching through this lens especially benefits students who have been marginalized by race, class, ethnicity, or gender. More]]> 14119 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Achieving Fluency: Special Education and Mathematics (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13783 "Is it a learning disability or a teaching disability?"

Achieving Fluency presents the understandings that all teachers need to play a role in the education of students who struggle: those with disabilities and those who simply lack essential foundational knowledge. This book serves teachers and supervisors by sharing increasingly intensive instructional interventions for struggling students on essential topics aligned with NCTM's Curriculum Focal Points, the new Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, and the practices and processes that overlap the content. These approaches are useful for both overcoming ineffective approaches and implementing preventive approaches.  More]]> 13783 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making in Statistics and Probability (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13526 The development of statistical reasoning must be a high priority for school mathematics. This book offers a blueprint for emphasizing statistical reasoning and sense making in the high school curriculum. More]]> 13526 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Strength in Numbers: Collaborative Learning in Secondary Mathematics (List Price $29.95 Member Price $23.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13791 This practical, useful book introduces tested tools and concepts for creating equitable collaborative learning environments that supports all students and develops confidence in their mathematical ability. More]]> 13791 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Focus in Pre-K: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13626 The goal of each grade specific book in the Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points series is to present the mathematics in each of the Focal Points in more detail. Follow an instructional progression from introducing and building concepts to developing depth of understanding to strengthing fluency. More]]> 13626 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making in Algebra (List Price $27.95 Member Price $22.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13524 This volume is one of a series of books that support NCTM’s Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making by providing additional guidance for making reasoning and sense making part of the mathematics experiences of all high school students every day.  More]]> 13524 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Navigating through Discrete Mathematics in Prekindergarten - Grade 5 (with CD-ROM) (List Price $50.95 Member Price $40.76) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13221

Provides hands-on activities that focus on systemantic counting, vertex-edge graphs, and iterative and recursive processes.

 More]]> 13221 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Focus in Grade 1: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (List Price $36.95 Member Price $29.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=13628 The goal of each grade specific book in the Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points series is to present the mathematics in each of the Focal Points in more detail. Follow an instructional progression from introducing and building concepts to developing depth of understanding to strengthing fluency. More]]> 13628 Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Common Core Mathematics Standards: Transforming Practice Through Team Leadership (List Price $31.95 Member Price $25.56) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14404 Transform math instruction with effective CCSS leadershipThis professional development resource helps principals and math leaders grapple with the changes that must be addressed so that teachers can implement the practices required by the CCSS.  More]]> 14404 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Navigating through Geometry in Grades 6–8 (with CD-ROM) (List Price $37.95 Member Price $30.36) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=12174 This book examines the study of geometry in the middle grades as a pivotal point in the mathematical learning of students and emphasizes the geometric thinking that can develop in grades 6–8 as a result of hands-on exploration. More]]> 12174 Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics with Advanced and Gifted Learners (List Price $19.95 Member Price $15.96) http://www.nctm.org/catalog/product.aspx?id=14539 Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics With Gifted and Advanced Learners provides teachers and administrators examples and strategies to implement the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) with advanced learners at all stages of development in K–12 schools. The book describes—and demonstrates with specific examples from the CCSS—what effective differentiated activities in mathematics look like for top learners.

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