Math-Positive Teaching: Questions and Answers for Elementary Educators (Build confident mathematicians in your classroom.) - Softcover
Synopsis
Ignite a positive approach to math in your classroom with Carrie S. Cutler’s Math-Positive Teaching, part of the Growing the Mathematician in Every Student series. This book dismantles the belief that only a few are capable of learning math, proving instead that everyone can learn and teach it. With practical routines, content examples, and strategies for embracing mistakes, Cutler provides thoughtful methods to encourage students, from basic counting to complex algebra.
K–5 teachers will:
- Develop classroom routines and teaching strategies to cultivate math-positive mindsets
- Build confidence in explaining and demonstrating math concepts using diverse methods
- Reduce math anxiety through revised assessment practices that promote math positivity
- Create supportive math learning networks beyond the classroom with students’ parents
- Enhance their math teaching with more effective practices and innovative strategies
Contents:
Introduction
Part 1
Chapter 1: Becoming a Math-Positive Teacher
Chapter 2: Managing Math-Positive Routines and Practices
Chapter 3: Promoting Problem-Solving Skills
Chapter 4: Assessing the Math-Positive Way
Chapter 5: Encouraging Math-Positive Family Partnerships
Part 2
Chapter 6: Counting and Number Sense
Chapter 7: Operation Sense
Chapter 8: Geometry
Chapter 9: Algebra
Chapter 10: Measurement and Data
Conclusion
References
Index
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About the Author
Carrie S. Cutler, EdD, is a clinical associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Houston. She has worked with thousands of preservice and in-service elementary and early childhood educators, providing professional development and curriculum support. Cutler began her career as an elementary teacher in predominantly low-income rural schools. For over twenty years, she has worked in an urban university setting, teaching undergraduate mathematics content, methods courses and curriculum, and leadership at the graduate level.
Cutler is president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators of Texas and co-lead facilitator of the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Early Math Interest Forum. She was awarded the University of Houston’s Teaching Excellence and President’s Circle awards and the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children’s Teacher Educator of the Year honor. Cutler’s passion for developing math-positive mindsets drives her mission to improve mathematics achievement for elementary and early childhood students. She has presented throughout the United States on topics ranging from developmentally appropriate early childhood mathematics, play-matized mathematics for elementary classrooms, and authentic assessment techniques for evaluating students’ progress in mathematics. Cutler has also worked with education leaders to revise and update state curricula for early childhood mathematics.
Cutler received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Utah State University, a master’s degree in teaching and learning from Brigham Young University, and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston.
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