Principles to actions : ensuring mathematical success for all.

Principles to actions : ensuring mathematical success for all.

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Imprint:	Reston, VA : NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, [2014] ©2014
Description:	x, 139 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States. Effective teaching. Curriculum planning. Curriculum planning. Effective teaching. Mathematics -- Study and teaching. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10429167

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Other authors / contributors:	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
ISBN:	9780873537742 (pbk.) 0873537742 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-139).
Summary:	This text offers guidance to teachers, mathematics coaches, administrators, parents, and policymakers. This book: provides a research-based description of eight essential mathematics teaching practices ; describes the conditions, structures, and policies that must support the teaching practices ; builds on NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and supports implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics to attain much higher levels of mathematics achievement for all students ; identifies obstacles, unproductive and productive beliefs, and key actions that must be understood, acknowledged, and addressed by all stakeholders ; encourages teachers of mathematics to engage students in mathematical thinking, reasoning, and sense making to significantly strengthen teaching and learning.

Table of Contents:

Progress and challenge
Effective teaching and learning
Establish mathematics goals to focus learning
Implement tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving
Use and connect mathematical representations
Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse
Pose purposeful questions
Build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding
Support productive struggle in learning mathematics
Elicit and use evidence of student thinking
Essential elements
Access and equity
Curriculum
Tools and technology
Assessment
Professionalism
Taking action.