Implementing Standards-based Mathematical Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development (Ways of Knowing in Science and Mathematics Series)

Mary Kay Stein; Margaret Schwan Smith; Marjorie A. Henningsen; Edward A. Silver

ISBN 10: 0807739081 / ISBN 13: 9780807739082

Published by Teachers College Press, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Implementing Standards-based Mathematical Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development (Ways of Knowing in Science and Mathematics Series)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807739081
• ISBN 13: 9780807739082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 0.85 pounds

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Synopsis

Teachers and teacher educators interested in synthesizing their current practice with new mathematics standards will welcome this highly useful volume. Author Mary Kay Stein and her colleagues at the QUASAR Project at the University of Pittsburgh present prevalent cases of mathematics instruction drawn from their research of nearly 500 classroom lessons. The Mathematical Tasks Framework, developed by the authors and explained thoroughly in the book, offers teachers and teacher educators the means to evaluate instructional decisions, the choice of materials, and learning outcomes, and the case studies afford readers the opportunity to ground these ideas in actual classroom practice. Readers will gain insight about how to foster a challenging, cognitively rich, and exciting classroom climate that propels students toward a richer understanding of mathematics.

About the Author

Mary Kay Stein, Margaret Schwan Smith, Marjorie A. Henningsen, and Edward A. Silver spent nearly a decade collaborating on QUASAR, a national mathematics reform project funded by the Ford Foundation and housed at the Learning Research and Development Center. Doctors Stein, Smith, and Silver currently hold faculty positions at the University of Pittsburgh, and Henningsen is a research specialist at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.