Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching Grades K-2: (Communicate the Context Behind High-Cognitive-Demand Tasks for Purposeful, Productive Learning) (Solutions) - Softcover

Dixon, Juli K; Nolan, Edward C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1942496397 ISBN 13: 9781942496397

Publisher: Solution Tree, 2016

Synopsis

Develop a deep understanding of mathematics. This user-friendly resource presents grades K-2 teachers with a logical progression of pedagogical actions, classroom norms, and collaborative teacher team efforts to increase their knowledge and improve mathematics instruction. Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach significant mathematics concepts and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to achieve academic success. Clarify math essentials with figures and tables that facilitate understanding through visualization.

Benefits

• Dig deep into mathematical modeling and reasoning to improve as both a learner and teacher of mathematics.
• Explore how to develop, select, and modify mathematics tasks in order to balance cognitive demand and engage students.
• Discover the three important norms to uphold in all mathematics classrooms.
• Learn to apply the tasks, questioning, and evidence (TQE) process to ensure mathematics instruction is focused, coherent, and rigorous.
• Use charts and diagrams for classifying shapes, which can engage students in important mathematical practices.
• Access short videos that show what classrooms that are developing mathematical understanding should look like.

Contents

Introduction

1 Number Concepts and Place Value

2 Word Problem Structures

3 Addition and Subtraction Using Counting Strategies

4 Addition and Subtraction Using Grouping Strategies

5 Geometry

6 Measurement

Epilogue Next Steps

Appendix A Completed Classification of Triangles Chart

Appendix B Completed Diagram for Classifying Quadrilaterals

About this title

Review

"Mirroring the vision of the Common Core State Standards, Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching Grades K2 is the ultimate experience of learning and doing mathematics. The book is orchestrated beautifully, encompassing critical components: challenges, learning progressions, math content, pedagogy, and practical next steps to close the achieveme -- Tara Zuspan "Teacher and K5 Instructional Coach, Brownell Elementary School, Lincoln, Nebraska"

About the Author

Edward C. Nolan is preK 12 director of mathematics for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. He has nineteen years of classroom experience in both middle and high schools and was department chair for fifteen years. An active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, he is president-elect of the Maryland Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. Nolan is also a consultant for Solution Tree and the Resident Teacher Professional Preparation Program at the University of Central Florida, where he provides support for preservice teachers and their in-service mentors on the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.

Nolan has been published in the Banneker Banner, a publication of the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and he has conducted professional development at the state, regional, and national level, including webinars for NCTM and T

Thomasenia Lott Adams, PhD, is an associate dean and professor of mathematics education in the College of Education at the University of Florida. She has mentored many future teachers of mathematics and mathematics teacher educators. She is the author of an elementary mathematics text series, academic books, and numerous refereed journal articles. Dr. Adams is a nationally known presenter at conferences and for professional development in school settings, which often includes teaching mathematics in grades K 8. She is a trained National School Reform Faculty Certified Critical Friends Group Coach.

Dr. Adams previously served as editor for the Mathematical Roots Department in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School and coeditor for the Investigations Department of Teaching Children Mathematics. She is a past board member for the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and School Science and Mathematics Association. She is also a past president of the Florida Association of Mathe

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1942496397
• ISBN 13: 9781942496397
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 168