By Barbara J. Dougherty and Karen S. Karp; Barbara J.
Dougherty, Series Editor, Putting Essential Understanding into Practice Series
Do your
students say that one object is “bigger” than another without attending more
precisely to the attribute they are comparing? Do they have difficulty naming
numbers from 11 to 19? Do some students still count all while their classmates
are counting on or counting by tens?
What tasks can you offer—what questions can you ask—to
determine what your students know or don’t know—and move them forward in their thinking?
This book focuses on the specialized pedagogical content
knowledge that you need to teach number and numeration effectively in
prekindergarten–grade 2. The authors demonstrate how to use this multifaceted
knowledge to address the big ideas and essential understandings that students
must develop for success with these computations—not only in their current
work, but also in higher-level mathematics and a myriad of real-world contexts.
Explore rich, research-based strategies and tasks that show
how students are reasoning about and making sense of number and numeration. Use
the opportunities that these and similar tasks provide to build on their
understanding while identifying and correcting misunderstandings that may be
keeping them from taking the next steps in learning.
You have essential understanding. It’s time to put it into
practice in your teaching.
The Putting Essential Understanding into Practice Series
moves NCTM’s Essential Understanding Series into the classroom. The new series
details and explores best practices for teaching the essential ideas that
students must grasp about fundamental topics in mathematics—topics that are
challenging to learn and teach but are critical to the development of
mathematical understanding. Classroom vignettes and samples of student work
bring each topic to life, and questions for reader reaction open it up for
hands-on exploration. Each volume underscores connections with the Common Core
State Standards for Mathematics while highlighting the knowledge of learners,
curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment that pedagogical content
knowledge entails. Resources and tasks are available at nctm.org/more4U.
Maximize the potential of student-centered learning and
teaching by putting essential understanding into practice.
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