Small steps, big changes : eight essential practices for transforming schools through mathematics / Chris Confer & Marco Ramirez ; foreword by Steven Leinwand.

By:

Confer, Chris [author.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1571108130
9781571108135

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

372.7 23

LOC classification:

QA135.6 .C653 2012

Contents:

Keep the end in mind -- Understanding the problem -- The stance of a researcher -- The 80/20 rule -- Patterns of talk -- Patterns in content -- Patterns in instruction -- Intentionality.

Summary: During the past two decades, Chris Confer and Marco Ramirez have worked to deepen and improve mathematics instruction at schools around the country. The authors identify eight tested principles that transform what can be an overwhelming process into a set of comprehensible and concrete steps. Each phase of the change process is brought to life through the stories and perspectives of teachers, coaches, and principals. --from publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146).

Keep the end in mind -- Understanding the problem -- The stance of a researcher -- The 80/20 rule -- Patterns of talk -- Patterns in content -- Patterns in instruction -- Intentionality.

During the past two decades, Chris Confer and Marco Ramirez have worked to deepen and improve mathematics instruction at schools around the country. The authors identify eight tested principles that transform what can be an overwhelming process into a set of comprehensible and concrete steps. Each phase of the change process is brought to life through the stories and perspectives of teachers, coaches, and principals. --from publisher description.

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