You can now preorder my new book, There Is No One Way to Teach Math (co-authored with Robin Pemantle).
I wrote about it in my previous post, where I forgot to mention that I link to many resources throughout the book. If readers want to know more about a certain tool or technique, they will have the opportunity to dive into it more deeply by following those links.
Today, I share the book’s table of contents.
Part 1: Pedagogical Principles
We start by sharing our philosophical outlook: an eclectic approach that combines techniques that seem contradictory with the use of sophisticated teacher leadership to generate student intellectual engagement.
1. Philosophical Framework
2. Problem Solving
3. Different Modes
Part 2: Classroom Practice
We spell out implementation: discourse about the math happens among the students and in whole-class discussions — often triggered by well-chosen learning tools.
4. Cooperative Learning
5. Learning Tools
6. Manipulatives
7. Computation Engines
8. Leading Discussions
Part 3: The Big Picture
We put these ideas in context: how planning and assessment can support reaching the full range of students in a specific department and school.
9. Extending Exposure
10. Planning
11. Assessment
12. Making Change
Writing the book was a good way to pull together much of what I learned in my 43 years in the classroom. Readers of this blog will recognize many ideas I shared here first, but Robin’s substantial contribution and the subsequent feedback from a dozen educators makes this more than just an extended blog post. I hope it will be useful to many math teachers!