Background Information for Teachers
p>For those of you who are interested in exploring mathematics teaching and learning in depth, the books
Measuring What Counts,
Adding It Up, and
How Students Learn provide the theory and
research findings underlying current recommendations for reform in mathematics education. For practical,
well-explained ideas for classroom teaching,
Measuring Up offers exercises that challenge the usual
types of assessment. All three books are available free online. The final resource here is a unique site
that presents strategies for teaching math to visually impaired students.
Arguing for a better balance between educational and measurement concerns in the
development and use of mathematics assessment, this book sets forth three principles — related
to content, learning, and equity — that can form the basis for new assessments that support national
standards in mathematics education.
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Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through grade 8 learn
mathematics and recommends ways of changing teaching, curricula, and teacher education to improve learning during
these critical years. Based on research findings, the book details the processes by which students acquire
proficiency with whole numbers, rational numbers, and integers, as well as beginning algebra, geometry,
measurement, and probability and statistics.
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In this book, questions that confront every classroom teacher are addressed using
the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning. Leading educators explain in detail how they
developed successful interdisciplinary curricula and teaching approaches. Their recounting of personal
teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume.
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This book features 13 classroom exercises that demonstrate the meaning of inquiry,
performance, communication, and problem solving as standards for mathematics education. Even though the examples
are at the fourth-grade level, all middle grades teachers can learn from the use of these genuine exercises to
challenge and prepare students.
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This site presents strategies for teaching visually impaired students as well as
information about math tools, adaptive tools and technology, and the Nemeth code.
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December 2007 — The Ohio State University. This material is based upon work
supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0424671. Any
opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this
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the National Science Foundation.
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