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Styles and Strategies for Teaching Middle School Mathematics

21 Techniques for Differentiating Instruction and Assessment

Make mathematics instruction more effective by engaging learners of all styles!

Presenting four mathematical learning styles—Mastery, Understanding, Self-Expressive, and Interpersonal—this book offers middle school teachers effective, research-based strategies for teaching mathematics to each type of learner. Teachers can mix and match strategies to reach all learners, ensuring all students are engaged in their preferred styles, as well as challenged to think in other styles. Compatible with any curriculum or textbook, this resource:

  • Explains how the strategies address NCTM process standards
  • Includes step-by-step directions, examples, and planning considerations 
  • Provides reproducible planning forms 
  • Offers variations and extensions of each strategy

 

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12, Elementary, Secondary
  • ISBN: 9781452238739
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2012
  • Page Count: 208
  • Publication date: June 12, 2012

Price: $39

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Description

"Having taught middle school mathematics for more than 20 years, I truly believe this is an awesome math methods book for middle school teachers. This research-based book fully documents the different learning styles and demonstrates tangible strategies that meet the NCTM process standards. Each chapter includes best practices, defines various strategies, and provides variations and extensions. Each strategy is explained in detail with actual practice problems and great discussion."
—Edna F. Bazik, Mathematics Education Program Coordinator
National-Louis University

Make mathematics instruction more effective by engaging learners of all styles!

One key to raising achievement in mathematics is to recognize that all students have preferred styles of thinking and learning. By rotating teaching strategies, you can reach learners through their preferred styles, as well as challenge students to think in other styles. Styles and Strategies for Teaching Middle School Mathematics provides a set of powerful, research-based strategies to help middle school teachers differentiate mathematics instruction and assessment according to their students' learning styles.

Presenting four distinct mathematical learning styles—Mastery, Understanding, Self-Expressive, and Interpersonal—this book offers classroom-tested instructional strategies that can be mixed and matched to reach all learners. Compatible with any curriculum or textbook, the book:

  • Explains how the strategies address NCTM process standards and students' learning styles
  • Includes step-by-step directions, examples, and planning considerations for each strategy
  • Provides reproducible forms for implementing the strategies
  • Offers variations and ways to adapt each strategy to meet a variety of instructional demands

With assessment components woven throughout, this invaluable guide helps middle school mathematics teachers effectively reach and teach today's learners.

Author(s)

Author(s)

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Edward J. Thomas

Consulting Description


Edward J. Thomas is founder and president of Dimension 2000, a professional development organization that works with teachers of mathematics. He has over 30 years of experience as a mathematics teacher at the middle school, high school, district, and undergraduate levels. Edward has authored several articles and books on mathematics instruction and has developed a number of educational games for the mathematics classroom. He was the co-chair of the Northwest Georgia P-16 Council, an initiative designed to improve teacher quality and student achievement from pre-school through the undergraduate level. Edward is an experienced mathematics consultant who has conducted workshops for schools throughout the country. He has also presented at state, regional, and national conferences for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCTM), Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Georgia Association of Educational Leaders (GAEL), Georgia Middle School Association (GMSA), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).


To learn more about Thomas’ MATHCORE 2K, an online professional development resource produced by Dimension 2000, visit http://www.mathcore2k.com/.
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John R. Brunsting

John Brunsting is a mathematics teacher, a staff development specialist, and an author. John serves schools as a teacher and coach as well as a mathematics consultant on practical, style-based tools and strategies. He is a coordinator for Illinois Advanced Placement Institutes and cofounder of Mathematics & Technology Institutes, teacher training organizations committed to the instructional excellence of teachers. Previously an AP Calculus Exam Committee member, John coauthored Preparing for the AP Calculus Examination (2006). In 2008, John coauthored the best-selling Math Tools, Grades 3-12: 64 Ways to Differentiate Instruction and Increase Student Engagement. He has presented at national and international conferences for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM), the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), the Japan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (JASCD), Teachers Teaching with Technology (T3), and the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction: Building the 21st Century Mathematics Classroom

1. Mastery Strategies

Overview

Convergence Mastery

Vocabulary Knowledge Rating

Proceduralizing

Mental Math Strings

Graduated Difficulty

New American Lecture

2. Understanding Strategies

Overview

Reading for Meaning

Compare and Contrast

Concept Attainment

Math Busters

3. Self-Expressive Strategies

Overview

Metaphorical Expression

3-D Viewer

Modeling and Experimentation

Inductive Learning

4. Interpersonal Strategies

Overview

Reciprocal Learning

Collaborative Summarizing

Game Competition

Paired Learner/Cooperative Learner

5. Multi-Style Strategies

Overview

Task Rotation

Math Notes

Integrated Math Engagement

Reference

Index

Reviews

Reviews


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