How can students achieve an understanding of multiplication that allows them to go beyond recall to explain their thinking? Author and mathematics education professor Juli Dixon introduces a program that teachers can seamlessly integrate into existing mathematics instruction. Learn six tactics to help you shift from a rote-memorization approach to one that helps students actually make sense of multiplication.
This book will help classroom teachers, resource teachers, interventionists, coaches, administrators, tutors, and parents of students in grades 3–6: - Understand the six tactics for completing the Fact Tactics Fluency Program
- Discover how to seamlessly integrate the 20-week program into mathematics instruction
- Give students the tools they need to transcend recall of basic facts and gain procedural fluency so they can explain and justify their thinking
- Gain the process, resources, and assessments to implement the program
- Learn how to support a deep understanding of mathematics beyond the 20-week program
Contents: Introduction
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Fact Strategies for Multiplication
Chapter 2: Creating a Culture That Promotes Grounded Fluency
Chapter 3: Fact Tactics Fluency Program Activities
Epilogue: A Fact Tactics Future
Appendix A: Fact Tactics Multiplication Fact Cards
Appendix B: Fact Tactics Mini Assessments
References and Resources
Index
Juli K. Dixon, PhD, is a professor of mathematics education at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. 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. Dr. Dixon is focused on improving teachers’ mathematics knowledge so they support their students in communicating and justifying mathematical ideas.
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 the K–12 school mathematics textbooks of GO Math! K–8, AGA, Integrated Math, and Into Math with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Especially important to Dr. Dixon is the need to teach each and every student. She often shares her personal story of supporting her own children with special needs to learn mathematics in an inclusive setting. Dr. Dixon published A Stroke of Luck: A Girl’s Second Chance at Life with her daughter, Jessica Dixon. A sought-after speaker, Dr. Dixon has delivered keynotes and other presentations throughout North America.
Dr. Dixon received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and education from the State University of New York at Potsdam, a master’s degree in mathematics education from Syracuse University, and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in mathematics education from the University of Florida. Dr. Dixon is a leader in DNA Mathematics.
