Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,53 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781933196237
Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Math Program is a method for educators to use the texts and tools that they currently have to create a math instruction program that will create powerfully math literate students.
Author : Larry Ainsworth & Jan Christinson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Education
ISBN :
Every educator wants engaged, successful math students! Discover a proven model that works! Here is a simple framework of "timeless" practices which enables educators to use the texts and tools they currently have to create a math instructional program that will create powerfully math-literate students. Balancing all the essential components to align instruction, learning activities, and assessments, this book is designed for teachers to help primary grade students develop their number sense, solve real-life problems, understand math conceptually and procedurally, communicate math understanding to others, and eventually perform well on state assessments. Includes essential questions, research-based rationale, grade-level examples, descriptions of each step, differentiation strategies, reader's assignments for immediate classroom use, guidelines for implementation, time management suggestions, frequently asked questions, leader's guide, reproducible worksheets, and more.
Author : Peter Liljedahl
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 1544374844
A thinking student is an engaged student Teachers often find it difficult to implement lessons that help students go beyond rote memorization and repetitive calculations. In fact, institutional norms and habits that permeate all classrooms can actually be enabling "non-thinking" student behavior. Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K–12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur. This guide Provides the what, why, and how of each practice and answers teachers’ most frequently asked questions Includes firsthand accounts of how these practices foster thinking through teacher and student interviews and student work samples Offers a plethora of macro moves, micro moves, and rich tasks to get started Organizes the 14 practices into four toolkits that can be implemented in order and built on throughout the year When combined, these unique research-based practices create the optimal conditions for learner-centered, student-owned deep mathematical thinking and learning, and have the power to transform mathematics classrooms like never before.
Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Lead + Learn Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 27,62 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935588052
The need for a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum that intentionally connects standards, instruction, and assessment has never been more pressing. For educators to meet the challenging learning needs of students they must have a clear road map to follow throughout the school year. Rigorous Curriculum Design presents a carefully sequenced, hands-on model that curriculum designers and educators in every school system can follow to create a progression of units of study that keeps all areas tightly focused and connected.
Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Lead + Learn Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935588400
School districts are now successfully implementing the Rigorous Curriculum Design process to redesign their curricula to fulfill the promise of the Common Core and prepare students for success on the coming national assessments. Each chapter of Getting Started With Rigorous Curriculum Design will provide educators with "collective wisdom" -- insights and ideas to enrich and expand understandings they may not have yet come to on their own.
Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher : Lead + Learn Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935588419
The consensus among educators nationwide is that in-depth instruction paired with focused assessment of essential concepts and skills are far more effective than superficially covering every concept and skill in the standards. Educators are faced with the task of teaching all standards while meeting the extraordinary range of student learning needs. Prioritizing the Common Core offers common sense solutions to the dilemmas teachers face today in implementing the new, more rigorous national standards. Chapters present a rationale for prioritizing the Common Core, a step-by-step process for prioritizing standards in language arts and mathematics, strategies for soliciting feedback and input from everyone in the district or school prior to the final determination of the Priority Standards, and detailed summaries of the process schools in six different districts used to identify their Priority Standards, with accompanying commentary by those who directed the work.
Author : Liping Ma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
Release : 2010-03-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135149496
Studies of teachers in the U.S. often document insufficient subject matter knowledge in mathematics. Yet, these studies give few examples of the knowledge teachers need to support teaching, particularly the kind of teaching demanded by recent reforms in mathematics education. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics describes the nature and development of the knowledge that elementary teachers need to become accomplished mathematics teachers, and suggests why such knowledge seems more common in China than in the United States, despite the fact that Chinese teachers have less formal education than their U.S. counterparts. The anniversary edition of this bestselling volume includes the original studies that compare U.S and Chinese elementary school teachers’ mathematical understanding and offers a powerful framework for grasping the mathematical content necessary to understand and develop the thinking of school children. Highlighting notable changes in the field and the author’s work, this new edition includes an updated preface, introduction, and key journal articles that frame and contextualize this seminal work.
Author : Larry Ainsworth
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780964495555
Five-step model for balancing computational skill withconceptual understanding that can be implemented with any math program.
Author : Juli K. Dixon
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 10,91 MB
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1942496435
Develop a deep understanding of mathematics. This user-friendly resource presents grades 3–5 teachers with a logical progression of pedagogical actions, classroom norms, and collaborative teacher team efforts to increase their knowledge and improve mathematics instruction. Focus on an understanding of and procedural fluency with multiplication and division. Address how to learn and teach fraction concepts and operations with depth. Thoroughly teach plane and solid geometry. 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. 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 Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction 2 Multiplication and Division 3 Fraction Concepts 4 Fraction Operations 5 Geometry 6 Measurement Epilogue Next Steps Appendix A Completed Classification of Triangles Chart Appendix B Completed Diagram for Classifying Quadrilaterals
Author : John Almarode
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1452218021
If your STEM lessons are falling on disinterested ears, it's time to mix things up. What you need are more engaging, brain-based science and math strategies to captivate your students' attention, activate their prior knowledge, and invigorate their interest. Blending current research on the student brain with practical methods for teaching science and math, John Almarode and Ann M. Miller identify six essential "ingredients" in a recipe for student success. In their book you'll discover A customizable framework you can use right away Classroom-ready, content-specific attention grabbers Overt and covert strategies to boost behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement Techniques for making relevant connections that maximize retention With this new approach to captivating STEM lessons, you'll energize classroom time and keep your students on task and engaged-every day.
