List of Videos
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
What Works Best
What Works Best When
The Path to Assessment-Capable Visible Learners in Mathematics
How This Book Works
Chapter 1. Teaching With Clarity in Mathematics
Components of Effective Mathematics Learning
Surface, Deep, and Transfer Learning
Moving Learners Through the Phases of Learning
Differentiating Tasks for Complexity and Difficulty
Checks for Understanding
Profiles of Three Teachers
Reflection
Chapter 2. Teaching for the Application of Concepts and Thinking
Skills
Ms. Halstrom and Circles and Cylinders
Ms. Fernandez and Systems of Linear Equations
Mr. Singh and Integers
Reflection
Chapter 3. Teaching for Conceptual Understanding
Ms. Halstrom and Circles and Cylinders
Ms. Fernandez and Systems of Linear Equations
Mr. Singh and Integers
Reflection
Chapter 4. Teaching for Procedural Knowledge and Fluency
Ms. Halstrom and Circles and Cylinders
Ms. Fernandez and Systems of Linear Equations
Mr. Singh and Integers
Reflection
Chapter 5. Knowing Your Impact: Evaluating for Mastery
What Is Mastery Learning?
Ensuring Tasks Evaluate Mastery
Ensuring Tests Evaluate Mastery
Feedback for Mastery
Conclusion
Final Reflection
Appendices
A. Effect Sizes
B. Teaching for Clarity Planning Guide
C. Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Template
D. A Selection of International Mathematical Practice or Process
Standards
References
Index
Dr. John Almarode is a bestselling author and an Associate
Professor of Education at James Madison University. He was awarded
the inaugural Sarah Miller Luck Endowed Professorship in 2015 and
received an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for
Higher Education in Virginia in 2021. Before his academic career,
John started as a mathematics and science teacher in Augusta
County, Virginia. As an author, John has written multiple
educational books focusing on science and mathematics, and he has
co-created a new framework for developing, implementing, and
sustaining professional learning communities called PLC+. Dr.
Almarode′s work has been presented to the US Congress, the Virginia
Senate, and the US Department of Education. One of his recent
projects includes developing the Distance Learning Playbook for
College and University Instruction in response to the COVID-19
pandemic.Continuing his collaborative work with colleagues on what
works best in teaching and learning, How Tutoring
Works, Visible Learning in Early Childhood, and How
Learning Works, all with Corwin Press, were released in 2021.
Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at
San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and
Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher
and elementary school educator. He is a credentialed teacher
and leader in California. In 2022, he was inducted into the
Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has
published widely on literacy, quality instruction, and assessment,
as well as books such as Welcome to Teaching, PLC+, Teaching
Students to Drive their Learning, and Student Assessment: Better
Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning.
Joseph Michael Assof is a high school and community college
mathematics teacher and the math department chair at Health
Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, CA. He is also an
educational consultant and presents internationally on a wide array
of topics including teacher clarity, mathematics teaching and
learning, visible learning, and more.
Joseph coauthored Teaching Mathematics in the Visible
Learning Classroom, High School, Teaching Mathematics in the
Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 6–8, and The Teacher
Clarity Playbook, and his classroom is featured in a number
of Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades
K–12 videos. Joseph holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in mathematics and a doctorate in Educational Leadership with an
emphasis in Mathematics Teacher Leadership. Mathematics and
mathematics education are Joseph’s second passion—his first being
his two beautiful boys, Joseph Fred and Jamie Beau.
Sara Delano Moore is an independent mathematics education
consultant at SDM Learning. A fourth-generation educator, her
work focuses on helping teachers and students understand
mathematics as a coherent and connected discipline through the
power of deep understanding and multiple representations for
learning. Sara has worked as a classroom teacher of mathematics and
science in the elementary and middle grades, a mathematics teacher
educator, Director of the Center for Middle School Academic
Achievement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Director of
Mathematics & Science at ETA hand2mind. Her journal articles appear
in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Teaching Children
Mathematics, Science & Children, and Science Scope.
John Hattie, PhD, is an award-winning
education researcher and best-selling author with nearly
thirty years of experience examining what works best in
student learning and achievement. His research, better
known as Visible Learning, is a culmination of nearly
thirty years synthesizing more than 2,100
meta-analyses comprising more than one hundred thousand
studies involving over 300 million students around the
world. He has presented and keynoted in over three
hundred international conferences and has
received numerous recognitions for his contributions to
education. His notable publications include Visible Learning,
Visible Learning for Teachers, Visible Learning and the
Science of How We Learn; Visible Learning for Mathematics,
Grades K-12; and 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning. Nancy Frey is
professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University
and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College.
Previously, Nancy was a teacher, academic coach, and central office
resource coordinator in Florida. She is a credentialed
special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in
California. She is a member of the International Literacy
Association’s Literacy Research Panel. She has published widely on
literacy, quality instruction, and assessment, as well as books
such as The Artificial Intelligences Playbook, How Scaffolding
Works, How Teams Work, and The Vocabulary Playbook.
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