Improving Mathematics Instruction for All Students through Research-Based Approaches.Research has long been recognized as a key component to building effective mathematics education for all grades. This 2014 issue of Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education (APME) focuses on the core of NCTMs mission since its inception: supporting teachers to improve instruction through research-based approaches. The 24 chapters, written by leading mathematics educators and researchers, are grouped into five topic areas: Change; Problem Solving; Reasoning, Explaining, and Discourse; Seeing Structure and Generalizing; and Assessment for Teaching and Learning. These five sections feature a wide range of subjects and approaches that include - how to create a classroom culture that encourages students to be persistentstrategies for building on students explanations in ways that invite them into discussionsmethods for improving proficiency with the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practicesways to develop student mathematicians through formative assessment cyclesa framework for turning mathematical errors into springboards for learning.The results of the research presented here are exciting and provocative, and this inaugural issue of APME is sure to make an important contribution to supporting the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels. Chapters include descriptions of the research projects, classroom examples, research observations, lesson plan development, and proven strategies that teachers can apply to the classroom.About Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education (APME)NCTMs new flagship series is designed to provide a range of perspectives focused each year on a timely topic in mathematics education. APME will take on important subjects and issues, offering a wide range of authors (including classroom teachers, university researchers, and occasionally educators outside of mathematics education), targeting a diverse audience that reflects NCTMs membership, and featuring chapters that span the pre-K16 spectrum.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education .

There are 260 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, U. S. .