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Required Readings

(Previously purchased books should be used throughout the sequence of courses. Three additional publications* will supplement C&I 403)

NEW PUBLICATIONS (available in book store)
  • Posamentier, A. S. & Stepelman, J.(2002). Teaching Secondary Mathematics: Techniques and Enrichment Units
  • Whitaker, T. (2004). What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most
  • Breaux, A. & Breaux, E. (2004). Real Teachers, Real Challenges, Real Solutions: 25 Ways to Handle the Challenges of the Classroom.

RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONS (available in book store)

  • Wong, Harry K. & Wong, Rosemary T. (1998). How to be an effective teacher: The first days of school. Mountain View CA: Harry Wong.
  • Krantz, Steven G. (1999). How to teach mathematics, second edition. Providence RI: American Mathematics Society.

OTHER GREAT BOOKS

  • Mendler, Allen N. (2000). Motivating students who don't care. Bloomington IN: National Educational Service
  • Bogue, E. Grady (1991). A journey of the heart: the call to teaching. Bloomington IN: Phi Delta Kappa.
  • Grady, Michael P. (1998). Qualitative and action research: A practitioner handbook. Bloomingtom IN: Phi Delta Kappa.
  • Anderson, Julie Wofford (2001). The answers to questions that teachers most frequently ask. Thousand Oaks CA: Corwin Press.
  • Brahier, Daniel J. (2001). Assessment in middle and high school mathematics: A teacher's guide. Larchmont NY: Eye on Education.
  • Chuska, Kenneth R. (1995). Improving classroom questions. Bloomington IN: Phi Delta Kappa Publication
  • Stein, M.K., Smith, M.S., Henningsen, M.A., and Silver, E.A. (2000). Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • Armstrong, T. (1994). Multiple intelligences in the classroom. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
  • Cooney, T. J., Brown, S., Dossey, J., Schrage G., & Whittman, E. (1996). Mathematics pedagogy and secondary teacher education: Reweaving the frayed braid. Boston MA: Heinemann.
  • Harmin, M. (1994). Inspiring active learning: A handbook for teachers. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
  • House, P. A. & Coxford, A. F. (1995). NCTM 1995 yearbook: Connecting mathematics across the curriculum: Reston, VA: NCTM [available at reduced rate with NCTM membership]
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1989). Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: Author.
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1991). Professional standards for teaching mathematics. Reston, VA: Author. [available at reduced rate with NCTM membership]
  • The Every Minute Counts books and other "how to begin teaching" books
  • Note: Additional student-selected publications will supplement the course readings.

Required Publications From Prior Program Courses

  • Illinois State Board of Education. (1997). Illinois Learning Standards. Springfield, IL: State Board of Education. [available on www]
  • Illinois State Board of Education. (1997). Preparing Educators for the 21st Century. Springfield, IL: State Board of Education. [available on www]
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2000). Principles and Standards for Teaching Mathematics. Reston, VA: author. [portions available on www http://www.nctm.org/standards2000/]
  • Reese, G. et al. (2000). Mathematics Materials for Tomorrow's Teachers. Champaign, IL: Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education for the Illinois State Board of Education.
  • Stein, M.K., Smith, M.S., Henningsen, M.A., and Silver, E.A. (2000). Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • Ritchhart, R. (1997). Through Mathematical Eyes: Exploring Functional Relationships in Mathematics and Science. Portsmouth, NH: Heinneman.
  • Stigler, J. and Hiebert, J. (1999). The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. New York: Free Press.
  • NCTM. (2001). Navigations Through Algebra in Grades 6-8. Reston, VA: NCTM. And other Navigation series texts
  • Huetninck, L. and Munshin, S. N. (2000). Teaching Mathematics for the 21st Century: Methods and Activities for Grades 6-12. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
  • Secada, W., Fennema, E., Adajian, L. (Eds.)(1995). New directions for equity in mathematics education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Educational Resources

Resources and Quotes

  • Educating Americans for the 21st Century: http://www.nas.edu/nrc/ (National Science Board, 1983)
    (This is...) A Plan of action for improving mathematics, science and technology education for all American elementary and secondary students so that their achievement is the best in the world by 1995
  • Goals 2000: http://www.negp.gov/page3-7.htm
  • Everybody Counts: http://www.napanet.net/~jlege/allcount.htm
    A report to the nation on the future of mathematics education
    (Washington, DC: National Research Council/Mathematical Sciences Education Board, 1989)
    (from Summary)
    As technology has 'mathematicized' the workplace and as mathematics has permeated society, a complacent America has tolerated underachievement as the norm for mathematics education. We have inherited a mathematics curriculum, conforming to the past, blind to the future, and bound by a tradition of minimum expectations (page 5)
     
    Everyone depends on the success of mathematics education; everyone is hurt when it fails. Mathematics must become a pump rather than a filter in the pipeline of American education (page 11)

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