Examining Mathematics Practice through Classroom Artifacts

Examining Mathematics Practice through Classroom Artifacts helps teachers become more analytic about their students' thinking by showing them how to use student artifacts to evaluate what is happening in the classroom. Offering an innovative framework, this book helps teachers learn how to use classroom artifacts to assess students' mathematical thinking and students’ understanding of mathematical content . Focusing on elementary through middle grades, chapters investigate what classroom artifacts are, how to interpret them and ways to use these data to improve mathematics instruction.

A complimentary access code for the online PDToolkit (http://pdtoolkit.pearson.com) inside every new book gives mathematics leaders access to:

• Video Clips
• Downloadable Worksheets

Lynn Goldsmith began her career as a developmental psychologist, where her major research interests lay in understanding the formal and informal systems that support the development of extreme talent. For the past 20 years, she has worked in the field of mathematics education, investigating factors contributing to successful professional development, the role of curriculum in educational reform, and the emotional aspects of learning. She has co-authored Choosing a Standards-based Mathematics Curriculum (Heinemann, 2000), served as series co-editor of the Guiding Middle-grades Curriculum Decisions series (Heinemann, 2000), and co-authored Nature’s Gambit: Child Prodigies and the Development of Human Potential (Teachers College Press, 1991).

Nanette Seago was the primary author of Learning and Teaching Linear Functions: Videocases for Mathematics Professional Development. She has been working in mathematics professional development for twenty years. Currently, she is working at WestEd as a Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation project focused on the research and design of videocase materials for middle school teachers—Learning and Teaching Geometry.