Math Pathways & Pitfalls: Percents, Ratios, and Proportions With Algebra Readiness, Lessons and Teaching Manual, Grades 6-8 - Softcover

Barnett-Clarke, Carne; Ramirez, Alma B.; Coggins, Debra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0914409611 ISBN 13: 9780914409618

Publisher: Wested, 2010

Synopsis

This volume of "Math Pathways & Pitfalls" K-8 intervention curriculum helps students tackle stubborn pitfalls head-on and transform them into pathways for learning key standards for grades 6-8. The lessons in this book address percents, ratios, and proportions interwoven with algebraic reasoning. In rigorous research studies, "Math Pathways & Pitfalls" significantly increased achievement for diverse students, including English learners, in all grades tested.
"Math Pathways & Pitfalls" intervention lessons and instructional strategies: Help students master key mathematical standards.Include concepts important for algebra readiness.Provide students with guided and independent practice.Support academic language development.Add value to any adopted curriculum.Prevent common pitfalls on homework and standardized assessments.This all-in-one book contains everything a teacher needs to teach "Math Pathways & Pitfalls" with ease and success, including: 22 complete lessonsTeaching manualDVD with footage of "Math Pathways & Pitfalls" in actionCD with black line masters of student handouts, classroom assessments with answer keys, and resourcesDiscussion Builders classroom posterTeacher professional development tasks, activities, and video footage

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Review

"The dual focus on student thinking and discourse is critical to helping teachers learn to be more effective."
-- Edward A. Silver, Professor of Education and Mathematics, University of Michigan

"The misconceptions and pitfalls that "Math Pathways & Pitfalls" uncovers and corrects are ones that teachers and students have historically dealt with: from place value and number errors in the early grades, to whole number and rational number confusion in the upper grades. Using the methods in this book, teachers and students 'get it.'"
-- Susan Gruebele, Elementary Assistant Principal

""Math Pathways & Pitfalls" greatly benefits students' understanding of mathematics at any grade level. It gives students a chance to build inquiry, to develop their critical thinking skills, to verbalize, and to develop their writing skills within the math curriculum."
-- Norma Sakamoto, 37-year teaching veteran

About the Author

Carne Barnett-Clarke is the Director of the Mathematics Case Methods Project at WestEd, a nonprofit educational institution in Oakland, California. A former teacher in Bay Area public schools and teacher educator at the University of California, Berkeley, she is one of the pioneers of using cases as a professional development tool in mathematics education. She coedited Mathematics Teaching Cases: Fractions, Decimals, Ratios & Percents (Heinemann, 1994), a counterpart to this volume for upper elementary and middle school teachers.

Alma B. Ramirez is a senior research associate at WestEd with experience as a bilingual and ELD teacher, professional developer, mathematics curriculum writer, textbook author, and consultant on equity and access.

Debra Coggins is a mathematics education consultant with experience advising districts, coaching teachers, and developing and delivering professional development. As a writer, she has helped develop a number of professional development programs for teachers of mathematics. These include creating CORE Math: Building Strong Foundations, assisting with the development of the Math Case Methods Project and Math Pathways and Pitfalls at WestEd, and coordinating the writing of America s Choice Core Assignments. She was the lead writer of A Mathematics Source Book for Elementary and Middle School Teachers: Key Concepts, Teaching Tips, and Learning Pitfalls, a resource book for teachers and professional developers. Debra has presented at local, state, and national conferences, with a particular interest in strategies for supporting English learners, and the use of diagrams when teaching concepts related to operations and proportional reasoning. Debra currently assists the West Contra Costa Unified School District with mathematics intervention programs and Oakland Unified School District small schools with teaching strategies for reaching English learners in mathematics classes. Debra has 17 years teaching experience in grades K-12.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wested
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914409611
• ISBN 13: 9780914409618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358