(Ebook) Improving Instruction in Rational Numbers and proportionality by Margaret Schwan Smith, Edward A. Silver, Mary Kay Stein, Melissa Boston, Marjorie A. Henningsen, Amy F. Hillen ISBN 9780807745298, 0807745294

(Ebook) Improving Instruction in Rational Numbers and proportionality by Margaret Schwan Smith, Edward A. Silver, Mary Kay Stein, Melissa Boston, Marjorie A. Henningsen, Amy F. Hillen ISBN 9780807745298, 0807745294

Using materials that were developed under the NSF-funded COMET (Cases of Mathematics to Enhance Teaching) program, each volume in the set features: * Cases from urban, middle school classrooms with ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse student populations. Each case illustrates an instructional episode in the classroom of a teacher who is implementing standards-based instruction. * The teachers’ perspective, including their thoughts and actions as they interact with students and with key aspects of mathematical content. * Cognitively challenging mathematics activities that are built around samples of authentic classroom practice. * Facilitation chapters to help professional developers "teach" the cases, including specific guidelines for facilitating discussions and suggestions for connecting the ideas presented in the cases to a teacher’s own practice.

As a complete set, this resource provides a basis on which to build a comprehensive professional development program to improve mathematics instruction and student learning.