The Math We Need to Know and Do in Grades 6-9

Informationen zum Autor Pearl G. Solomon is professor emerita of teacher education at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York. She has served as a director and officer for professional organizations and as a consultant to many school districts, the New York State Education Department, and the United States Department of Education. Solomon is the recipient of a number of special awards from the state and community for her work in science, math, health, and career education. Klappentext Solomon offers a simple-to-follow matrix for aligning activities, problems, and assessments with NCTM standards, plus scaffolds for building student understanding and suggestions for using manipulatives and educational software. Zusammenfassung Solomon offers a simple-to-follow matrix for aligning activities! problems! and assessments with NCTM standards! plus scaffolds for building student understanding and suggestions for using manipulatives and educational software. Inhaltsverzeichnis Topical Index Note toTeachers Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Designing a Standards-Based Math Curriculum Knowledge Organization and Design of Curricula Mathematics Content Standards: Key Ideas Mathematics Content Standards: Processes and Dispositions Mathematics Content Standards: The Content Set of Domain Knowledge How Teachers Can Use the Following Chapters 2. The Designed-Down Content Branches: Embedded Concepts, Performance Indicators, and Expectations A Guide to Chapter 2 3. Scaffolds for Teachers and Problems for Students A Guide to Chapter 3 Number Systems Number Operations Operation Patterns and Properties Fractions Algebra: Expressions and Linear Equations Algebra: Functions, Quadratics, and Graphing Measurement Geometry Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Resource: Assessing the Content Standards Index ...

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Pearl G. Solomon is professor emerita of teacher education at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York. She has served as a director and officer for professional organizations and as a consultant to many school districts, the New York State Education Department, and the United States Department of Education. Solomon is the recipient of a number of special awards from the state and community for her work in science, math, health, and career education.

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Solomon offers a simple-to-follow matrix for aligning activities, problems, and assessments with NCTM standards, plus scaffolds for building student understanding and suggestions for using manipulatives and educational software.

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Topical Index
Note toTeachers
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Author

1. Designing a Standards-Based Math Curriculum
   Knowledge
   Organization and Design of Curricula
   Mathematics Content Standards: Key Ideas
   Mathematics Content Standards: Processes and Dispositions
   Mathematics Content Standards: The Content Set of Domain Knowledge
   How Teachers Can Use the Following Chapters
2. The Designed-Down Content Branches: Embedded Concepts, Performance Indicators, and Expectations
   A Guide to Chapter 2
3. Scaffolds for Teachers and Problems for Students
   A Guide to Chapter 3
   Number Systems
   Number Operations
   Operation Patterns and Properties
   Fractions
   Algebra: Expressions and Linear Equations
   Algebra: Functions, Quadratics, and Graphing
   Measurement
   Geometry
   Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
   Resource: Assessing the Content Standards
   Index