Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching to Inform Instructional Quality (Applying the TQE Process in Teachers' Math Strategies) - Softcover

Melissa D. Boston; Amber G. Candela; Juli K. Dixon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947604090 ISBN 13: 9781947604094

Publisher: Solution Tree Press, 2019

Synopsis

Discover a clear path for improving your instructional strategies for teaching mathematics at any grade level. Designed for individuals or collaborative teams, this practical resource introduces a set of rubrics -- the Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) Toolkit -- that readers can rely on to help guide reflections, conversations, feedback, and planning. Also included is a series of short videos that showcase how to use the book's math strategies and tools in classrooms.

Ensure the instructional quality of your teaching strategies in mathematics:

• Utilize tasks, questions, and evidence (the TQE process) and the associated IQA rubrics as a road map for increasing instructional quality.
• Become familiar with the connection between efficient use of tasks and teacher questioning with increased student success.
• Learn how to gauge student response to tasks and lessons in order to understand student mastery of the material.
• Enhance your understanding of math strategies through hands-on activities.
• Access free online reproducibles for use in teaching mathematics in the classroom.

Contents:
About the Authors
Introduction

Part 1: Connecting to the T in TQE -- Tasks and Task Implementation
Chapter 1: Potential of the Task
Chapter 2: Implementation of the Task

Part 2: Connecting to the Q in TQE -- Questions and Their Role as Discourse Actions
Chapter 3: Teacher's Questions
Chapter 4: Teacher's Linking and Teacher's Press

Part 3: Connecting to the E in TQE -- Evidence of Students' Mathematical Work and Thinking
Chapter 5: Students' Linking and Students' Providing
Chapter 6: The IQA Toolkit as a Tool to Assess and Improve Instructional Practice

Epilogue: Next Steps
Appendix A: The IQA Toolkit
Appendix B: Suggested Answers for Activity 1.4
Appendix C: Suggested Answers for Activity 3.2
Appendix D: Additional Support for Rating Tasks
Appendix E: List of Figures and Videos
References and Resources
Index

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• Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching High School
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• Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching Girls in Grades K-5
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About this title

About the Author

Melissa D. Boston, EdD, is a professor of mathematics education at Duquesne University. She teaches mathematics methods courses for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, and previously taught similar courses at Slippery Rock University and the University of Pittsburgh. Earlier, she taught middle school and high school mathematics. Dr. Boston provides professional development and conducts research across the United States. She has obtained and directed grants for professional development projects from the Heinz Foundation, National Science Foundation, and Spencer Foundation, and she has served as external evaluator for three Mathematics-Science Partnership grants.

Dr. Boston is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), and Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (PAMTE). She has served on NCTM's Student Explorations in Mathematics committee, as associate editor of Mathematics Teacher Educator (2012-2015), as series editor for NCTM's 2017-2018 Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education, on NCTM's Principles to Actions Toolkit development team, and on research advisory boards.

To learn more about Dr. Boston's work, follow @MBostonMath on Twitter.

Amber G. Candela, PhD, is an assistant professor of mathematics education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). She currently teaches mathematics methods classes for prospective elementary, middle, and high school teachers in the teacher education program at UMSL. Previously, she taught middle school mathematics in both suburban and urban settings in Charlotte, North Carolina, and East Harlem, New York. Dr. Candela is focused on supporting teachers' implementation of cognitively challenging tasks so each and every student has access to high-quality mathematics. In 2016 she was honored with the Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award at UMSL.

Dr. Candela is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and TODOS Mathematics for All organizations. She has worked in schools in St. Louis, Missouri, providing professional development on selecting and implementing tasks and is dedicated to supporting every learner in the classroom and focusing on how tasks are implemented in inclusive settings.

To learn more about Dr. Candela's work, follow @AmCan36 on Twitter.

Juli K. Dixon, PhD, is a professor of mathematics education at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. She coordinates the award-winning Lockheed Martin/UCF Academy for Mathematics and Science for the K-8 master of education program, as well as the mathematics track of the doctoral program in education. Prior to joining the faculty at UCF, Dr. Dixon was a secondary mathematics educator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a public school mathematics teacher in urban school settings at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels.

She is a prolific writer who has authored and coauthored books, textbooks, chapters, and articles. She is also a lead author on the Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching professional development book and video series as well as for K-12 school mathematics textbooks with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Especially important to Dr. Dixon is the need to teach each and every student.

To learn more about Dr. Dixon's work supporting children with special needs, visit astrokeofluck.net; to learn more about Dr. Dixon's work supporting teachers, follow @thestrokeofluck on Twitter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1947604090
• ISBN 13: 9781947604094
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 168