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This is a practical, quick-read resource to help principals gain the tools they need to lead their schools to mathematics excellence. Readers will learn how students in the United States compare with their international counterparts in math achievement, read about what the experts recommned be done to increase our lagging achievement, gain an understanding of the current debate regarding how mathematics should be taught, discover what important components need to be in place in their schools, and find out what current research is telling us about the best ways to teach mathematics.
List of contents
Mathematics Achievement
Where Do We Stand?
The Math Wars
Drill versus Discovery
Research-Based Decision-Making
The Alternative Variables
The Essentials of Mathematics Achievement
The Practicalities of Raising Mathematics Achievement
Thirty-Plus Things You Can Do to Raise Mathematics Achievement
About the author
Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include
Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006),
Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004),
Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003),
Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003),
Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003),
Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and
Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001).
McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.
Summary
A practical, quick-read resource to help K–12 principals accomplish dramatic improvement in mathematics achievement.
