This booklet focuses on effective mathematics teaching. Drawing on a wide range of research, it describes the kinds of pedagogical approaches that engage learners and lead to desirable outcomes. The aim of the booklet is to deepen the understanding of practitioners, teacher educators, and policy makers and assist them to optimize opportunities for…

Provides examples of the mathematics explored in a project that involved teachers in seminars in which they solved problems that focused on algebraic thinking across the grades. Presents the project as a model for staff development for teachers across grade levels. (DDR)

Mathematics professional communities were urged to make a strong, coordinated, and visible commitment to strengthening the mathematical preparation of elementary teachers. The Texas Statewide Systemic Initiative (Texas SSI) recommends that teachers complete a minimum of nine credit hours in mathematics. Texas SSI further recommends that these…