Building a System of Tens: Casebook

by EDC Staff

Developing Mathematical Ideas Participant Casebook is filled with classroom episodes that describe students' mathematical thinking.

Participants examine the actions and situations modeled by the four basic operations. The seminar begins with a view of young children's counting strategies as they encounter word problems, moves to an examination of the four basic operations on whole numbers, and revisits the operations in the context of rational numbers.

Even teachers learn by doing—Use Developing Mathematical Ideas to raise teacher comfort with math and student math achievement.

Each DMI Seminar models how math instruction should be delivered through practical examples teachers can follow in their own classroom.

Casebook
Each seminar is built around a casebook containing 25 to 30 classroom cases that include ideas expressed by students and teachers in their own words. These cases are grouped into seven chapters which track a particular mathematical theme from kindergarten through grade eight.

151 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1901

Reviews

[Sara]

As a stand alone book, this is just ok... however, the class that goes with it is AMAZING!! Definitely something I'll be going back and referencing with my teachers this year.

[Laurie]

First time in years I attended a workshop and read a professional book with case studies that truly changed the way I thought about teaching math and changed my approach to instruction. Fascinating work.

[Ellon]

This was a great book to read for math instruction but the course that went along with it was even better! We didnt read the last too chapters of the book since we were focused on Primary grades mostly but I really feel like this book will help me teach math better and help my students understand place value.

[Holly]

This has changed the way I teach