Middle School Resources

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS) focuses on intuitive, exploratory investigations that use informal reasoning to help students develop a strong conceptual basis that leads to greater mathematical abstraction.

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NCTM school journals and other publications are a rich resource for professional development. Reflection Guides are written by members of NCTM's Professional Development Services Committee (PDSC).

Featured Reflection Guide - Representation
Representation as a Vehicle for Solving and Communication 

An activity that explores the use of multiple representations in teachers' classrooms, and also builds teachers’ understanding of representations as tools that are vital for recording, analyzing, solving, and communicating mathematical data, problems, and ideas.

An Agenda for Action
Recommendations for School Mathematics of the 1980s.

The historic document that started the standards movement.

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THOUSANDS of Problems
Member access to problem archive of countless problems sorted by topic.

Math Roots
Hands-on activities focused on conceptual understanding.
Includes student activity sheets!

Beginning your journey as a mathematics teacher? This volume has been created to help you reach your full potential as a mathematics educator. Resources cover professional growth, curriculum and instruction, classroom-level assessment, classroom management and organization, equity, and school and community.
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