Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 Australia edition: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning

Peter Liljedahl's Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K–12 provides teachers with practical guidance on how to implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur. It includes firsthand accounts of how these practices foster thinking, offers a plethora of macro moves, micro moves, and rich tasks to get started, and organizes the practices into four toolkits that can be implemented in order and built on throughout the year. These unique research-based practices have the power to transform mathematics classrooms and create the optimal conditions for learner-centered, student-owned deep mathematical thinking and learning.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 May 2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications

A thinking student is an engaged student

Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur. This guide

• Provides the what, why, and how of each practice
• Includes firsthand accounts of how these practices foster thinking
• Offers a plethora of macro moves, micro moves, and rich tasks to get started

ISBN-13: 9781071907474