Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics (Primary-Junior), Part 1

Required: Karp, Bay-Williams, & Van de Walle. Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (9th ed.). Pearson Education Canada.

Required: Ontario Ministry of Education (2005). The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1–8: Mathematics (Revised).

Assigned reading: Geist. Lessons from the TIMSS Videotape Study.

Assigned reading: Fravilig. Strategies for Advancing Children’s Mathematical Thinking.

Reading choice: Ross. Place Value: Problem Solving.

Reading choice: Barker. Ten Is the Magic Number.

Reading choice: Payne & Huinker. Early Number and Numeration.

Reading choice: Sisul. Fostering Flexibility with Number in the Primary Grades.

Assigned reading: Postelwait, Adams, & Shih. Promoting Meaningful Mastery of Addition and Subtraction.

Assigned reading: Nagel & Swigen. Students’ Explanation of Place Value in Addition and Subtraction.

Assigned reading: Fosnot & Dolk. Developing Mathematical Models.

Assigned reading: Chapin et al. The Tools of Classroom Talk.

Assigned reading: Lester. Establishing a Community of Math Learners.

Assigned reading: Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. Communication in the Classroom (Capacity Building Series).

Assigned reading: Rigelman. Fostering Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving.

Assigned reading: Buschman. Teaching through Problem Solving.

Assigned reading: Lawson. Learning Mathematics vs. Following Rules.

Reading choice: Kamii. Primary Arithmetic, Children Inventing Their Own Procedures.

Reading choice: Kamii. The Harmful Effects of Algorithms.

Reading choice: Carroll & Porter. The Teaching and Learning of Algorithms.

Reading choice: Behrend. Are Rules Interfering with Children’s Mathematical Understanding?

Reading choice: Wicket. Discussion as a Vehicle for Demonstrating Computational Fluency.

Reading choice: Fuson. Toward Computational Fluency.

Reading choice: Griffin. Laying the Foundation for Computational Fluency.

Reading choice: Russell. Developing Computational Fluency with Whole Numbers.

Assigned reading: Stocker. Introduction to Maththatmatters.

Reading choice: Bresser. Helping English-Language Learners Develop Computational Fluency.

Reading choice: Leonard & Guha. Creating Cultural Relevance in Teaching and Learning Mathematics.

Reading choice: Robert. Problem-Solving and At-Risk Students.

Reading choice: Signet. Food for Thought—and Talk.

Assigned reading: Sharp, Garofalo, & Adams. Children’s Development of Meaningful Fraction Algorithms.

Assigned reading: Flores & Klein. Connections in Fractions.

Assigned reading: Flores & Klein. From Students’ Problem Solving Strategies to Connections in Fractions.

Assigned reading: Ontario Ministry of Education. Paying Attention to Fractions.

Assigned reading: Beatty. The Power of Growing Patterns.

Assigned reading: Blanton & Kaput. Developing Elementary School Teachers’ Eyes and Ears.

Assigned reading: Hiebert et al. Introduction to Making Sense: Teaching and Learning Math with Understanding.