Upper Elementary Math Lessons

Preface
Alternative Thematic Frameworks
Introduction
Part I: The Teaching of Mathematics - Lesson Cases
Case 1: Promoting One of the Meanings of Multiplication: Requesting Alternate Methods in Order to Foster Understanding
Case 2: Fractions, Decimals and Percents: Evoking Student Reasoning
Commentary: A Teacher Educator Perspective
Case 3: Getting a Sense of Grams: Building Conceptual Understanding
Commentary: A Teacher Educator Perspective
Case 4: Converting Among Customary Units of Measure: Attending to Students' Developmental Levels
Commentary: A Teacher's Perspective
Case 5: Converting Units Within a System of Measurement: Encouraging Resourcefulness
Commentary: An English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Perspective
Case 6: Distinguishing Between Area and Perimeter: Using Multiple Representations to Aid Discrimination
Case 7: Exploring the Meanings of "Volume": Recognizing a Word's Everyday Meaning and its Mathematical Meaning
Commentary: An English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Perspective
Commentary: A Teacher's Perspective
Case 8: The Importance of Sample Size: Posing High Level Questions to Build Understanding
Commentary: A Teacher's Perspective
Case 9: Continuous versus Discrete Data: Using Concept Attainment to Define Mathematical Terms

Part II: Perspectives on Teaching - Commentaries
Learner-Centered Psychological Principles
Moral Perspectives on Teaching
Perspective from the Special Education Math Literature
A Principal's Perspective

References
List of Contributors