Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching to Inform Instructional Quality

Discover a clear path for improving your instructional strategies for teaching mathematics at any grade level. Designed for individuals or collaborative teams, this practical resource introduces a set of rubrics -- the Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) Toolkit -- that readers can rely on to help guide reflections, conversations, feedback, and planning. Also included is a series of short videos that showcase how to use the book's math strategies and tools in classrooms.

Ensure the instructional quality of your teaching strategies in mathematics:

Utilize tasks, questions, and evidence (the TQE process) and the associated IQA rubrics as a road map for increasing instructional quality.
Become familiar with the connection between efficient use of tasks and teacher questioning with increased student success.
Learn how to gauge student response to tasks and lessons in order to understand student mastery of the material.
Enhance your understanding of math strategies through hands-on activities.
Access free online reproducibles for use in teaching mathematics in the classroom.


Contents:

About the Authors

Introduction


Part 1: Connecting to the T in TQE -- Tasks and Task Implementation

Chapter 1: Potential of the Task

Chapter 2: Implementation of the Task


Part 2: Connecting to the Q in TQE -- Questions and Their Role as Discourse Actions

Chapter 3: Teacher's Questions

Chapter 4: Teacher's Linking and Teacher's Press


Part 3: Connecting to the E in TQE -- Evidence of Students' Mathematical Work and Thinking

Chapter 5: Students' Linking and Students' Providing

Chapter 6: The IQA Toolkit as a Tool to Assess and Improve Instructional Practice


Epilogue: Next Steps

Appendix A: The IQA Toolkit

Appendix B: Suggested Answers for Activity 1.4

Appendix C: Suggested Answers for Activity 3.2

Appendix D: Additional Support for Rating Tasks

Appendix E: List of Figures and Videos

References and Resources

Index


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Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching Grades 6-8
Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching High School
Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching to Inform Instructional Quality
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