Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Establishing a student-centered environment -- 1. Setting a vision for learning high-quality mathematics -- 2. Teaching mathematics through problem solving -- 3. Creating assessments for learning -- 4. Differentiating instruction -- 5. Teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students -- 6. Teaching and assessing students with exceptionalities -- 7. Collaborating with families and other stakeholders -- Part 2. Teaching student-centered mathematics -- 8. Exploring number and operation sense -- 9. Developing basic fact fluency -- 10. Developing whole-number place-value concepts -- 11. Building strategies for whole-number computation -- 12. Exploring fraction concepts -- 13. Building strategies for fraction computation -- 14. Developing decimal and percent concepts and decimal computation -- 15. Promoting algebraic thinking -- 16. Building measurement concepts -- 17. Developing geometric thinking and concepts -- 18. Representing and interpreting data.

This book is a practical guide for developmentally appropriate, student-centered mathematics instruction. It is a comprehensive resource that can be used for personal reference, read and discussed as part of a collaboration (such as professional learning communities), or used as a resource for professional development projects.