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This book addresses the needs of teachers at every level in their teaching careers, as well as those whsupport and work with teachers The processes can be used individually tguide professional learning and teaching, or within almost any professional development structure for facilitating group learning - Katherine E Stiles, Senior Program Associate, WestEd This resource supports continual professional growth of both content and pedagogical knowledge and will help teachers focus on the appropriate research What a time saver this is! - Rhonda Naylor, National Board Certified Mathematics Teacher Campus Middle School, Englewood, C Becoming an accomplished mathematics teacher requires not only a thorough understanding of content, but alsa familiarity with mathematics standards and research However, a strategy for translating standards and research intinstructional practice has been lacking since the advent of standards-based education reform Mathematics Curriculum Topic Study provides a systematic professional development strategy that links mathematics standards and research tcurriculum, instruction, and assessment Developed by authors Page Keeley and Cheryl M Rose of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, the Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) process can help educators align their practice with research-based concepts and skills Successfully field-tested with hundreds of teachers, maths advisors and teacher trainers, this book contains 92 ready-to-use CTS guides arranged in seven categories Designed twork in a variety of contexts, the CTS process will help teachers: Increase their content and pedagogical knowledge Better understand and access mathematics research Translate standards tthe classroom in a conscious, scholarly way Learn trecognize and address learning difficulties Increase opportunities for all students tachieve mathematical literacy An essential investment toward improving student achievement in mathematics for primary and secondary maths teachers, teacher trainers, department heads and maths advisors, this innovative resource is alsappropriate for trainee teachers and higher education lecturers
