National Reports and Similar Documents
Report of the National Math Panel (2008)
President George W. Bush created the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (National Math Panel) in April 2006. The panel was charged with providing recommendations to the President and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on the best use of scientifically based research to advance the teaching and learning of mathematics. The National Math Panel's final report, issued on March 13, 2008, contains 45 findings and recommendations on numerous topics including instructional practices, materials, professional development, and assessments.
Adding it Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics (NRC, 2002)
Authors: Jeremy Kilpatrick, Jane Swafford, Bradford Findell, Editors; Mathematics Learning Study Committee, National Research Council
Adding it Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years. (NAP description) The book is available to read online. The executive summary is especially nice.
How Students Learn Mathematics in the Classroom
Authors: M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council
How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. This book shows how to overcome the difficulties in teaching math to generate real insight and reasoning in math students. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities (NAP description). This book can be read online.
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Research Council (2000)
This popular trade book, originally released in hardcover in the Spring of 1999, has been newly expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. (NAP description). The book is available for online reading.
