Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teaching Developmentally 9th by John A. Van de Walle
By: John A. Van de Walle; Karen S. Karp; Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
ISBN 10: 0133768937
ISBN 13: 9780133768930
All students can learn mathematics with understanding! It is through the teacher?s actions that
every student can have this experience. We believe that teachers must create a classroom environment
in which students are given opportunities to solve problems and work together, using
their ideas and strategies, to solve them. Effective mathematics instruction involves posing tasks
that engage students in the mathematics they are expected to learn. Then, by allowing students
to interact with and productively struggle with their own mathematical ideas and their own strategies,
they will learn to see the connections among mathematical topics and the real world.
Students value mathematics and feel empowered to use it.
Creating a classroom in which students design solution pathways, engage in productive
struggle, and connect one mathematical idea to another is complex. Questions arise, such as,
?How do I get students to wrestle with problems if they just want me to show them how to
do it? What kinds of tasks lend themselves to this type of engagement? Where can I learn the
mathematics content I need in order to be able to teach in this way?? With these and other
questions firmly in mind, we have several objectives in the ninth edition of this textbook:
1. Illustrate what it means to teach mathematics using a problem?based approach.
2. Serve as a go-to reference for all of the mathematics content suggested for grades pre?K?8
as recommended in the Common Core State Standards (CCSSO, 2010) and in standards
used in other states, and for the research?based strategies that illustrate how students best
learn this content.
3. Present a practical resource of robust, problem?based activities and tasks that can engage
students in the use of significant mathematical concepts and skills.
4. Report on technology that makes teaching mathematics in a problem-based approach
more visible, including links to classroom videos and ready-to-use activity pages, and references
to quality websites.
We hope you will find that this is a valuable resource for teaching and learning mathematics!
