Drawing on their years of classroom experience working with struggling students and their teachers, Dr. Brad Witzel and Dr. Paul Riccominipresent elementary and middle school teacherswith practical strategies and activities forpromoting academic success and mastery ofkey mathematical concepts. They offer insight into what really helps students learn math including friendly descriptions of the concrete to representational to abstract sequence of instruction,procedural instruction that can be expanded from one topic to the next,assessment guides for placement and measurement, and retention of content through mixed reviews and assessments. In addition, the authorsprovide teachers withclear directiontoimplement each research-basedlessonplanwith answer sheets to grade student work as well aspictures of manipulations and accompanying vocabulary so that teachers know exactly how to show concrete and pictorial steps. Give yourstudents who struggle withfractions the support they need!Aligns each lesson to the CRA instruction sequence and effectively leads teachers through classroom instruction. Offers step-by-step direction to coach teachers through each lesson plan. Includes a complete list of manipulative resources for each lesson.
There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Pearson Education (US) .