Mathematics Curriculum Topic Study : Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Curriculum Topic Study Guides -- Foreword -- Preface -- Overview -- Need -- Audience -- Organization -- How to Use This Book -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Curriculum Topic Study -- What is Curriculum Topic Study? -- Why Study a Curriculum Topic? -- Why Focus on Topics? -- The Underlying Knowledge and Research Base -- The Origin of Curriculum Topic Study: From Science to Mathematics -- National, State, and Local Standards -- Cognitive Research -- Effective Professional Development -- Research on Readers' Interaction with Text -- Mathematics Teachers and Teaching -- Content Knowledge -- Pedagogical Content Knowledge -- Beliefs about Teaching and Learning -- Having a Professional Knowledge Base -- The Teacher Professional Continuum -- Chapter 2 - Examining the Components of a Curriculum Topic Study Guide -- The CTS Guide -- Sections and Outcomes -- Selected Readings -- CTS Supplementary Material -- Common Resources for Study and Reflection -- Building a Professional Collection: Experts at Your Fingertips! -- Descriptions of the Common Resources Used in CTS -- Chapter 3 - Engaging in Curriculum Topic Study -- Getting Started -- Gathering Your Resources -- Becoming Familiar with the CTS Guides and Resources -- Defining Your Purpose and Choosing Your Outcomes -- Processing Information from CTS Sections -- Activation and Processing Strategies -- Reading the CTS Sections -- Guiding Questions for Individual Sections of a CTS Guide -- The CTS Learning Cycle: Inquiry, Study, and Reflection -- Topic Engagement -- Topic Elicitation -- Topic Exploration -- Topic Development -- Topic Synthesis -- Topic Application -- Study Reflection and Self-Assessment -- Using CTS Alone or with a Group -- Using CTS on Your Own -- Group Use of CTS -- Chapter 4 - Contexts for Using Curriculum Topic Study.

CTS and Mathematics Content Knowledge -- Using CTS to Identify the Knowledge Needed to Teach a Topic -- Using CTS to Examine the Structure of Conceptual Knowledge in a Topic -- CTS and Curriculum -- Curriculum Selection -- Supporting Curriculum Implementation -- CTS and Instruction -- Reviewing and Modifying Lessons -- Developing a Standards- and Research-Based Lesson -- CTS and Mathematical Inquiry -- Time for Using CTS in Instructional Planning -- CTS and Assessment -- Designing Assessment Probes -- Developing Culminating Performances -- CTS and Preservice and Novice Teacher Support -- CTS and Leadership Development -- CTS and Professional Development -- Embedding CTS in a Variety of Professional Development Strategies -- Facilitating Professional Development -- Chapter 5 - Images from Practice: Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) Vignettes -- Vignette 1: A Team of Primary Teachers Uses CTS to Clarify District Curriculum Goals for Addition and Subtraction Concepts -- Vignette 2: A High School Teacher Uses CTS to Guide Implementation of a Unit on Functions -- Vignette 3: A Department Chair Uses CTS to Help Guide a Discussion on Quadratic Factoring -- Vignette 4: A Multi-Grade Elementary Team Uses CTS to Examine Alignment of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment -- Vignette 5: A Middle School Teacher Uses CTS to Understand Concepts of Surface Area and Volume -- Vignette 6: A Team of Middle and High School Teachers Uses CTS to Identify Goals for Learning about Decimals, Fractions, and Percents -- Vignette 7: An Intermediate Teacher Uses CTS to Prepare for a Unit on Probability -- Vignette 8: Teachers Use CTS to Analyze Student Thinking on Area Measurement -- Vignette 9: A Teacher Leader Uses CTS to Prepare for a Professional Development Session on Proportionality -- Chapter 6 - Curriculum Topic Study Guides -- Organization of CTS Guides.

Description of CTS Categories -- Numbers and Operations -- Algebra -- Geometry -- Measurement -- Data Analysis -- Integrated Topics -- Problem Solving and Processes -- Resource A: Additional Resources to Support Curriculum Topic Study -- Resource B: Worksheets for Curriculum Topic Study -- References -- Index.

The Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) process provides a professional development strategy that links mathematics standards and research to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

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