Accessible Mathematics: Ten Instructional Shifts That Raise Student Achievement

Author: Steven Leinwand Brand: Leinwand, Steven Features: Accessible Mathematics Ten Instructional Shifts That Raise Student Achievement ISBN: 0325026564 Number Of Pages: 128 Publisher: Heinemann Details: Raising students' math achievement doesn't mean ripping up your planning book and starting over. In Accessible Mathematics Steven Leinwand (author of Sensible Mathematics) shows how small shifts in the good teaching you already do can make a big difference in student learning. Steve focuses on the crucial issue of classroom instruction. He scours the research and visits highly effective classrooms for practical examples of small adjustments to your teaching that lead to deeper student learning in math. Some of his 10 classroom-tested teaching shifts may surprise you and others will validate your thinking. But all of them will improve your students' performance. Thoroughly practical and ever-aware of the limits of teachers' time, Steve gives you everything you need to put his commo