Synopses & Reviews
This exciting book presents practical, immediately applicable ideas for differentiating instruction in math in the elementary classroom. No other book currently available explains in detail the process of differentiation in math, beginning with lesson planning, through implementation of a wide variety of research-proven instructional strategies and tactics. Further, the Ideas from teachers feature, located in various chapters, includes instructional tactics provided by teachers that exemplify the differentiation process.
The To Ten Tactics lists throughout the text provide simple, immediately applicable tactics that can be easily implemented in almost every classroom. Web-site reviews are provided in almost every chapter that describes tactics available on the web. Finally, the more involved strategies found here include: moving from direct instruction lesson planning to planning a differentiated lesson, process mnemonics instruction, scaffolded instruction in math, metacognitive strategies, anchored instruction, and many more. With these features, this text is a must for every math teacher!
Synopsis
The latest studies and classroom-tested best practices have been mined and are now presented in an easy-access, time-saving format that spans lesson planning through implementation.