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Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Developmentally Appropriate Instruction for Grades 3-5, 3rd edition

  • John A. Van de Walle, 
  • Karen S. Karp, 
  • LouAnn H. Lovin, 
  • Jennifer M. Bay-Williams

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Overview

Brief Table of Contents

Part 1: Establishing a Student-Centered Environment
1. Setting a Vision for Learning High-Quality Mathematics
2. Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving
3. Creating Assessments for Learning
4. Differentiating Instruction
5. Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
6. Teaching and Assessing Students with Exceptionalities
7. Collaborating with Families and Other Stakeholders

Part 2: Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics
8. Exploring Number and Operation Sense
9. Developing Basic Fact Fluency
10.Developing Whole-Number Place-Value Concepts
11. Building Strategies for Whole-Number Computation
12. Exploring Fraction Concepts
13. Building Strategies for Fraction Computation
14. Developing Decimal and Percent Concepts and Decimal Computation
15. Promoting Algebraic Thinking
16. Building Measurement Concepts
17. Developing Geometric Thinking and Concepts
18. Representing and Interpreting Data

Appendix A. Common Core State Standards: Standards for Mathematical Practice
Appendix B. Common Core State Standards: Grades 3-5 Critical Content Areas and Overviews
Appendix C. Mathematics Teaching Practices: NCTM Principles to Action (2014)
Appendix D. Activities at a Glance: Volume II
Appendix E. Guide to Blackline Masters

Detailed Table of Contents

Part 1: Establishing a Student-Centered Environment

1. Setting a Vision for Learning High-Quality Mathematics
Understanding and Doing Mathematics
How Do Students Learn?
Teaching for Understanding
The Importance of Students' Ideas
Mathematics Classrooms That Promote Understanding

2. Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving
Teaching through Problem Solving: An Upside-Down Approach
Mathematics Teaching Practices for Teaching through Problem Solving
Using Worthwhile Tasks
Orchestrating Classroom Discourse
Representations: Tools for Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Communication
Lessons in the Problem-Based Classroom
Life-Long Learning: An Invitation to Learn and Grow

3. Creating Assessments for Learning
Assessment That Informs Instruction
Observations
Questions
Interviews
Tasks
Students' Self-Assessment and Reflection
Rubrics and Their Uses

4. Differentiating Instruction
Differentiation and Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving
The Nuts and Bolts of Differentiating Instruction
Differentiated Tasks for Whole-Class Instruction
Tiered Lessons
Flexible Grouping

5. Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Culturally Responsive Mathematics Instruction
Teaching Strategies That Support Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Assessment Considerations for ELLs

6. Planning, Teaching, and Assessing Students with Exceptionalities
Instructional Principles for Diverse Learners
Implementing Interventions
Teaching and Assessing Students with Learning Disabilities
Adapting for Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities
Planning for Students Who Are Mathematically Gifted

7. Collaborating with Families and Other Stakeholders
Sharing the Message with Stakeholders
Administrator Engagement and Support
Family Engagement
Homework Practices and Parent Coaching
Part 2: Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics

8. Exploring Number and Operation Sense
Developing Addition and Subtraction Operation Sense
Developing Multiplication and Division Operation Sense
Multiplication and Division Problem Structures
Teaching Multiplication and Division
Properties of Multiplication and Division
Strategies for Solving Contextual Problems
Multistep Word Problems

9. Developing Basic Fact Fluency
Developmental Phases forLearning the Basic Fact Combinations
Teaching and Assessing the Basic Fact Combinations
Reasoning Strategies for Addition Facts
Reasoning Strategies for Subtraction Facts
Reasoning Strategies for Multiplication and Division Facts
Reinforcing Basic Fact Mastery

10. Developing Whole-Number Place-Value Concepts
Extending Number Relationships to Larger Numbers
Important Place-Value Concepts
Extending Base-Ten Concepts
Oral and Written Names for Numbers
Patterns and Relationships with Multidigit Numbers
Numbers beyond 1000

11. Building Strategies for Whole-Number Computation
Toward Computational Fluency
Development of Invented Strategies in Addition and Subtraction
Standard Algorithms for Addition and Subtraction
Invented Strategies for Multiplication
Standard Algorithms for Multiplication
Invented Strategies for Division
Standard Algorithms for Division
Computational Estimation

12. Exploring Fraction Concepts
Meanings of Fractions
Models for Fractions
Fractional Parts of a Whole
Equivalent Fractions
Comparing Fractions
Teaching Considerations for Fraction Concepts

13. Building Strategies for Fraction Computation
Understanding Fraction Operations
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication
Division

14. Developing Decimal and Percent Concepts and Decimal Computation
Developing Concepts of Decimals
Connecting Fractions and Decimals
Developing Decimal Number Sense
Computation with Decimals
Introducing Percents

15. Promoting Algebraic Thinking
Strands of Algebraic Thinking
Generalized Arithmetic
Meaningful Use of Symbols
Making Structure in the Number System Explicit
Patterns and Functional Thinking

16. Building Measurement Concepts
The Meaning and Process of Measuring
The Role of Estimation and Approximation
Length
Area
Volume
Weight and Mass
Angles
Time
Money

17. Developing Geometric Thinking and Concepts
Geometry Goals for Your Students
Developing Geometric Thinking
Shapes and Properties
Learning about Transformations
Learning about Location
Learning about Visualizations

18. Representing and Interpreting Data
What Does It Mean to Do Statistics?
Formulating Questions
Data Collection
Data Analysis: Classification
Data Analysis: Graphical Representations
Interpreting Results

Appendix A. Common Core State Standards: Standards for Mathematical Practice
Appendix B. Common Core State Standards: Grades 3-5 Critical Content Areas and Overviews
Appendix C. Mathematics Teaching Practices: NCTM Principles to Action (2014)
Appendix D. Activities at a Glance: Volume II
Appendix E. Guide to Blackline Masters

Published by Pearson (January 1st 2021) - Copyright © 2018

ISBN-13: 9780137414833

Subject: Curriculum & Instruction

Category: Math Methods

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