Fostering children's mathematical power - An Investigative Approach to K-8 Mathematics Instruction

Fostering Children's Mathematical Power: An Investigative Approach to K-8 Mathematics Instruction is the product of an 8-year effort to develop an elementary mathematics methods text that provides practical advice on how to implement the NCTM standards for mathematics teaching and learning. These standards do not recommend a "band-aid approach" to reform, that is, supplementing existing practices with some new techniques to better accomplish the same goals. Instead, the standards propose radical surgery, profound changes in what and how mathematics is taught and assessed. This text illustrates and describes how to implement the investigative approach, which embodies the three central tenets of the NCTM standards.