Table of Contents
Introduction: It’s Instruction That Matters Most
- We’ve Got Most of the Answers
- Ready, Set, Review
- It’s Not Hard to Figure Out Why Reading Works Better Than Math Works better than Math
- Picture It, Draw It
- Language-Rich Classes
- Building Number Sense
- Milking the Data
- How Big, How Far, How Much?
- Just Don’t Do It!
- Putting It All in Context
- Just Ask Them “Why?”
- Punting Is Simply No Longer Acceptable
- We All Have a Role to Play and Teachers Can’t Do It Alone
Conclusion: Instructional Productivity
Appendixes
- A Crib Sheet for Raising Mathematics Achievement for All
- A Model Vision of Effective Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
- Research Matters / Teach Mathematics Right the First Time
- Classroom Realities We Do Not Often Talk About
- Learning from Singapore Math