Getting into the Mathematics Conversation

Far from a run-of-the-mill readings book, Getting into the Mathematics Conversation is an outstanding compendium of the very best of the NCTM school journals' offerings on the broad subject of communication in the mathematics classroom. It spans all grade levels and targets all communication forms—listening and speaking, reading, writing—that a teacher might wish to develop in students. Comprehensive in scope, it is organized around nine topics: the need for conversation, the nature of mathematics, sociocultural perspectives, classroom management, curriculum, learning context, learning environment, pedagogy, and assessment. This valuable resource should be on every mathematics teacher's bookshelf!

Promoting Purposeful Discourse: Teacher Research in Mathematics Classrooms

How important is discourse in the mathematics classroom? Interest in this question has grown dramatically as mathematics education has recognized the role of communication in understanding. This book presents portraits of teaching by secondary school teachers who have closely observed classroom communication, conversation, and discourse and have sought to use them to improve the quality of their teaching and their students’ learning.

Empowering the Mentor of the Experienced Mathematics Teacher

Expectations for mathematics classrooms are constantly evolving, and teachers must grow and change with them. Implementing new practices can present special challenges to experienced teachers, but mentoring can offer many forms of support. This book outlines the importance of mentoring, mentors’ characteristics and roles, mentoring strategies, the collaborative nature of mentoring, models for mentoring programs, and insights from mentors and mentees.

Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades

This important new collection of essays inform educators and researchers at different grade levels about the teaching and learning of proof at each level and, thus, help advance the design of further empirical and theoretical work in this area. By building and extending on existing research and by allowing a variety of voices from the field to be heard, Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades not only highlights the main ideas that have recently emerged on proof research, but also defines an agenda for future study.

Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development, second edition

A must for education professionals fostering reform efforts in their classrooms and at the school district and state levels, this book presents instructional cases and materials for use in classes, seminars, or other similar settings. It describes the concepts, frameworks, and research findings that undergird the cases and offers issues and ideas for group discussions.

This book provides a new perspective on how to design, conduct, and evaluate professional education experiences for teachers.

Designing Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics  

This description and discussion of the practices and issues of professional development for mathematics and science education examines the challenges ahead and the educational systems of the future.

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Educators will gain rich insights into what makes a task challenging, how classroom events influence the unfolding of tasks, and how one can productively reflect on one's own practice.