Product Description
| Widening mathematics instruction beyond education research and practice drills is important to achieving improved student success. What We Know About Mathematics Teaching and Learning provides a starting place by summarizing education research and surveys of best classroom practices and offering implications for improved teaching and learning.This book is designed for accessibility. Each chapter is broken down into important questions that address everything from vocabulary instruction in the mathematics classroom to the use of technology in the classroom. For each question, the authors provide background information from a research perspective, offer implications for improving classroom instruction, and list resources for further reading. |
| Authors | McREL |
| Target Audience | Every person concerned with teaching and learning mathematics—whether a teacher, administrator, student of education, parent, community member, or member of the higher education community—will find useful information here. |
| Ways to Use this Product | Educators can use this product in the following ways- As a study guide for group learning. Each chapter includes specific questions relating to teaching and learning mathematics
- To improve classroom teaching. The book features an easy-to-use design that summarizes education research and surveys of best classroom practices, provides implications for improved teaching and learning, and lists further resources.
- To guide and inform policy decisions. The book emphasizes the importance of improving the international ranking of U.S. mathematics achievement and provides applicable information to increase the effectiveness of mathematics instruction in the classroom.
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Key Ideas | The purpose of this resource is to support mathematics education reform and bring the rich world of education research and practice to pre-K–12 educators. |
How to Get this Product | Order online from Solution Tree Press. |
| APA Citation | McREL. (2010). What we know about mathematics teaching and learning. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press. |
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