Differentiating Math Instruction, K-8: Common Core Mathematics in the 21st Century Classroom / Edition 3

by William N. Bender

Overview

Real-time strategies for real-life results!

Are you struggling to balance your students’ learning needs with their learning styles? William Bender’s new edition of this teacher favorite is like no other. His is the only book that takes differentiated math instruction well into the twenty-first century, successfully blending the best of what technology has to offer with guidelines for meeting the objectives set forth by the Common Core. Every innovation in math instruction is addressed:

• Flipping math instruction
• Project-based learning
• Using Khan Academy in the classroom
• Educational gaming
• Teaching for deeper conceptual understanding

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452255453
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/11/2013
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

William N. Bender, Ph D, has had a long and distinguished career in education, teaching in public school for several years and in higher education for some 26 years at Bluefield State College in West Virginia, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and the University of Georgia. He has written 36 books in special and general education. With his retirement, he has stepped back from his rigorous workshop schedule, which as recently as 2016 included some 40 workshop days per year. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his work, he has written four historical fiction novels and several educational books in recent years. He has delivered several professional development projects, including most recently a keynote for a virtual conference on project-based learning in Brazil in conjunction with his Corwin book Project-Based Learning (2012).

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Consulting Description: Differentiated Instruction
Consulting Description: Math
Consulting Description: Project-Based Learning
Consulting Description: RTI
Consulting Description: Technology

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Differentiated Mathematics Instruction
2. Differentiated Instructional Models: Lesson Modification and Learning Centers for Mathematics
3. Flipped Mathematics Classes and Project Based Learning: New Differentiated Instructional Models in Mathematics
4. Strategies for Differentiating Early Math Instruction
5. Strategies for Differentiating Instruction In Grades 3 Through 6
6. Strategies for Differentiating Instruction In Grades 6 Through 8
7. Differentiated Assessments and Response to Intervention
Appendix A: Recently Developed or Widely Used Curricula in Mathematics
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is a practical guidebook for anyone who wants to more effectively differentiate mathematics instruction to meet all students’ needs.

Marcia Carlson

"This book is an engaging and exciting read for any teacher truly interested in updating instructional skills and integrating 21st century instructional strategies. Implementing these strategies will foster success in all students. "

Esther Eacho

This is a great book that can be applied to any classroom, not just the math classroom! I have pages bookmarked already to explore!

Rachel Spenner