{"product_id":"teaching-powerful-problem-solving-in-math-a-collaborative-approach-through-lesson-study-9780807787595","title":"Teaching Powerful Problem-Solving in Math: A Collaborative Approach Through Lesson Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catherine C. Lewis | Akihiko Takahashi | Shelley Friedkin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Mathematics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeaching Powerful Problem-Solving in Math\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e provides the first in-depth portrait of schoolwide lesson study, showing how U.S. teachers at several schools used it to implement powerful problem-based mathematics instruction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStudents learn mathematics by confronting a novel problem and building the new understanding of the mathematical concepts needed to solve it, just as mathematicians would. By learning in this way, \u003cb\u003estudents discover the power of their own thinking and gain confidence \u003c\/b\u003ethat extends well beyond mathematics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book introduces readers to urban elementary and K-8 schools where teachers have dramatically transformed math learning for teachers and for students. Readers will follow teachers as they \u003cb\u003etransform instruction using schoolwide lesson study, building powerful new ways for educators to learn from each other and practice innovative teaching techniques\u003c\/b\u003e. The authors use in-depth classroom portraits (from the outset of schoolwide lesson study and three years later) to illuminate the changes in mathematics instruction at \u003cb\u003ea school that raised its proficiency on Smarter Balanced Assessment from 15% to 56%\u003c\/b\u003e. Extensive resources and links are provided to help readers understand and build on the work of these schools which is grounded in established principles of collective efficacy, intrinsic motivation, and learner agency for both students \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e teachers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows how teaching through problem-solving can erase the achievement gap in mathematics learning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides the first in-depth portrait of schoolwide lesson study, showing how U.S. teachers at several schools build it and use it to transform teaching.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfiles teachers leading the transformation of instruction to achieve the ambitious vision of learning embodied in recent standards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses photographs, student work, and detailed classroom descriptions to bring to life mathematics lessons in year 1 and year 4 of the school's work to build problem-solving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides examples and links to the strategies teachers use to make student thinking visible (and actionable) during mathematics lessons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes lesson plans, photographs of board work, student journals, school newsletters, self-assessment rubrics and dozens of links to the resources needed to begin using teaching through problem-solving and school-wide lesson study.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides long-term, teacher-led solutions for professional learning and for mathematics instruction that have been shown to improve teacher retention and student proficiency.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46415864889495,"sku":"9780807787595","price":14804.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807787595.webp?v=1769061205","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/teaching-powerful-problem-solving-in-math-a-collaborative-approach-through-lesson-study-9780807787595","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}