pt. I. The teaching of mathematics: lesson cases. Case 1: Promoting one of the meanings of multiplication: requesting alternate methods in order to foster understanding, fifth-grade mathematics lesson Case 2: Fractions, decimals, and percentages: evoking student reasoning, fifth-grade mathematics lesson ; Commentary on Case 2: A teacher educator's perspective / Lisa Boté Case 3: Getting a sense of grams: building conceptual understanding, fourth-grade mathematics lesson ; Commentary on Case 3: A teacher educator's perspective / Lisa Boté Case 4: Converting among customary units of measure: attending to students' developmental levels, fifth-grade mathematics lesson ; Commentary on Case 4: A teacher's perspective / Christine Peterson Tardif Case 5: Converting units within a system of measurement: encouraging resourcefulness, fifth-grade mathematics lesson ; Commentary on Case 5: An English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) perspective / Rebecca Oxford and Min-tun Chuang Case 6: Distinguishing between area and perimeter: using multiple representations to aid discrimination, fifth-grade mathematics lesson Case 7: Exploring the meanings of "volume": recognizing a word's everyday meaning and its mathematical meaning, fifth-grade mathematics lesson ; Commentary on Case 7: An English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) perspective / Rebecca Oxford ; Commentary on Case 7: A teacher's perspective / Christine Peterson Tardif Case 8: The importance of sample size: posing high-level questions to build understanding, fifth-grade mathematics lesson ; Commentary on Case 8: A teacher's perspective / Christine Peterson Tardif Case 9: Continuous versus discrete data: using concept attainment to define mathematical terms, fifth-grade mathematics lesson
pt. II. Perspectives on teaching: commentaries. A matter of principle: evidence of learner-centered psychological practices among effective teachers / Patricia Alexander
Moral perspectives on teaching mathematics / Daria Buese
Mathematics lessons: perspective from the special education math literature / Paula Maccini
A principal's perspective / Kathy Lynn Brake.
