The On-Your-Feet Guide to Orchestrating Mathematics Discussions: The Five Practices in Practice (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

• A brief look at each of the five practices for orchestrating productive mathematics discussions
• Key questions, tools, and challenges for each practice to consider as you plan and carry out your mathematics lesson
• Special considerations and helpful hints to think about as you troubleshoot your lessons and assess your implementation of the practices
• A focus on supporting equity and identity
• Brief videos with additional commentary from authors and teachers about each of the five practices

Margaret (Peg) Smith is a Professor Emerita at University of Pittsburgh. Over the past three decades she has been developing research-based materials for use in the professional development of mathematics teachers. She has coauthored several books including Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Discussions (with Mary Kay Stein), the middle and high school versions of the Taking Action series (with Melissa Boston, Fredrick Dillon, Stephen Miller, and Lynn Raith), and The 5 Practices in Practice: Successfully Orchestrating Mathematics Discussion in Your Classroom series (with Victoria Bill, Miriam Gameron Sherin, and Michael Steele). In 2006 she received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award given annually to honor outstanding faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2009 she received the award for Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics Teacher Education from AMTE. In April 2019 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from NCTM.