Full Description
Examining Mathematics Practice through Classroom Artifacts helps teachers become more analytic about their students' thinking by showing them how to use student artifacts to evaluate what is happening in the classroom. Offering an innovative framework, this book helps teachers learn how to use classroom artifacts to assess students' mathematical thinking and students' understanding of mathematical content. Focusing on elementary through middle grades, chapters investigate what classroom artifacts are, how to interpret them and ways to use these data to improve mathematics instruction. A complimentary access code for the online PDToolkit (http://pdtoolkit.pearson.com) inside every new book gives mathematics leaders access to:Video Clips Downloadable Worksheets
Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Turning to the EvidenceVignette: Jeffrey StockdaleWhat are artifacts and why analyze them?Learning to see through multiple lensesOur vision of mathematical learning and teachingA framework for using artifacts skillfullySection 1: Attending to thinking Chapter 2: Describing and Interpreting Classroom ArtifactsVignette: Lorena and Linda's solution to the Crossing the River problemWhy focus on evidence?Using artifacts in your own classroomWrapping UpAdditional Exercises: Two Video InterviewsChapter 3: Seeing the Potential in Student ThinkingVignette: Toll House Cookies and other "errors"Why focus on errors?Using errors to see potential, instead of just deficits, in students' thinking General commentary about errorsWorking with errors in your own practiceWrapping upSection 2: Attending to content Chapter 4: Keeping an Eye on Rigorous MathematicsVignette: Jasmine and NguyetNaming and framing mathematical rigorGeneral Commentary on Using Mathematical Frameworks to Consider Mathematical RigorWrapping UpChapter 5: Choosing, Using, and Connecting Mathematical RepresentationsVignette: Ms. RidgewayGeneral Commentary about RepresentationsExercisesYour Own Practice and Work with Representations Wrapping UpAdditional exercisesSection 3: Putting it All Together in the Classroom Chapter 6: Putting it All TogetherVignette: Jeffrey Stockdale Part IIExercises: Integrated Analysis of Whole LessonsLinking to your own practice Final thoughtsReferences Book Study GuideDeciding on a FacilitatorStructuring Your Book Study SessionsBook Study Questions for Each Chapter Reading Reaction SheetAppendices
