Whole Class Mathematics Discussions: Improving In-Depth Mathematical Thinking and Learning

NCTM standards and the Common Core standards emphasize communication as an integral part of how students should learn mathematics. This book provides a comprehensive approach to facilitating whole class math discussions and addresses how to set up a classroom, cultivate classroom routines, plan for instruction, facilitate discussions, and assess for future improvement. Reflective questions throughout the book enable teachers to develop professionally and support formal workshop or book study experiences. The accompanying PDToolkit website offers video clips from five real classrooms which illustrate whole class math discussions in action,  teacher and student interviews, and chapter PPTs for professional development sessions. 

NOTE: A newer version of this book is being released on November 8th, 2019. Please check out the book: Work Smarter, Not Harder: A Framework for Math Teaching and Learning.

Teruni Lamberg is an Associate Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Nevada Reno. She teaches graduate and undergraduate mathematics education courses and is currently Principal Investigator and director of the Lemelson Foundations’ Math and Science Master’s Cohort Program. A former elementary teacher, she received her doctorate from Arizona State University and completed her Post Doctorate work at Vanderbilt University.

 

Lamberg was the Principal Investigator of the Northeastern Nevada Mathematics Project that was identified by the U.S department of Education as “model project”, as well as the former Chair of the Psychology of Mathematics Education-Northern American Chapter. Additionally, she serves on the board of the Nevada Math Council, works extensively with teachers across the county to support their mathematical teaching, is a frequent speaker at national and international educational conferences, and has published numerous articles on how children learn math and also on teacher learning.  Lamberg co-edited the Psychology of Mathematics Education Northern American Chapter Proceedings in 2007 and co- editor of the 2011 Proceedings. Her research interests include children’s mathematical thinking, teacher education and technology in education.