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Rethinking the Role of the Elementary Classroom Teacher

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Early in my career, the principal of my school shared The Animal School: A Fable, written in the 1940s by George Reavis, assistant superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools. At the time I was teaching in a fifth-grade self-contained classroom in a K–5 school. That story made a deep impression on me and strongly influenced how I thought about my students—their talents and interests. Read more.

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August 2011 President's Message

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Reasoning and Sense Making^*—Expanding Our NCTM Initiative
Last week over 700 high school mathematics teachers and leaders participated in the first NCTM Interactive Institute: Infusing the Classroom with Reasoning and Sense Making. The NCTM initiative on reasoning and sense making has been a focal point throughout my term as NCTM president, and it will continue to be a major part of NCTM’s ongoing work for the foreseeable future. The importance of focusing on students’ reasoning about their mathematics is not something new in mathematics education; it has been a major theme in the teaching of mathematics in North America for a long time. Read more...