Required Texts:

Brahier, Daniel J. (2000). Teaching Secondary and Middle School Mathematics. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. [textbook&emdash;will be quite useful for duration of program; cost is $60 online at <www.abacon.com>; has been ordered through IUB]

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1998, electronic draft). Principles and Standards 2000 for School Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM. [online document&emdash;no purchase required; only printing costs if so desired]
Electronic draft version is available online at http://www.nctm.org/

Class Notes (set of articles/chapters/newscolumns to read) will be made available at Notes 'n' Quotes on John Street.
[I will notify you when they are ready for pickup. Some articles will be handed out during class&emdash;approximately $10-15]

One of the Addenda series for the 5-8 grade levels. See detailed information below.

NCTM Addenda Series, Grades 5 - 8

• Dealing with Data and Chance, ISBN 0-87353-321-6 #463E1
• Developing Number Sense in the Middle Grades, ISBN 0-87353-322-4 #464E1
• Geometry in the Middle Grades, ISBN 0-87353-323-2 #462E1
• Measurement in the Middle Grades, ISBN 0-87353-367-48 #588E1
• Patterns and Functions, ISBN 0-87353-324-0 #461E1
• Understanding Rational Numbers and Proportions, ISBN 0-87353-325-9 #460E1

Editor: Curcio, F. et al
Publisher: NCTM
Copyright: 1995
Series ISBN: By subject, ISBN 0-87353-381-X #595E1

The addenda series have been ordered in the bookstores as texts. You may purchase them more cheaply directly from NCTM, and if you are a NCTM member, then there is a discount. You may access information directly from the NCTM website, http://www.nctm.org/

Continuing Texts:

Secada, W.G., Fennema, E., and Adajian, L.B., eds. (1995). New Directions for Equity in Mathematics Educaon. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. [Reference material&emdash;not new; will continue some readings]

Illinois State Board of Education. (1997). Illinois Learning Standards. Springfield, IL: State Board of Education. [Reference material&emdash;not new]

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1989). Curriculum & Evaluation Standards for Teaching Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM. [Reference material&emdash;not new]

Recommended Texts:

A Collection of Math Lessons From Grades 6-8--A good resource of worthwhile material.

Authors: Burns, M. & McLaughlin, C.
Publisher: The Math Solutions
Copyright: 1990
ISBN: ?