Supporting Classroom Instruction: The Textbook Navigator/Journal

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Title: Supporting Classroom Instruction: The Textbook Navigator/Journal
Language: English
Authors: Cogan, Leland S., Burroughs, Nathan, Schmidt, William H.
Source: Phi Delta Kappan. Sep 2015 97(1):29-33.
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Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2015
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Guides, Mathematics Instruction, Textbook Content, Sequential Approach, Units of Study, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Resource Units, State Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Classroom Techniques
DOI: 10.1177/0031721715602233
ISSN: 0031-7217
Abstract: Researchers at the Center for the Study of Curriculum at Michigan State University have developed a tool to help teachers implement the Common Core State Standards in mathematics by letting standards, not textbooks, guide their instruction. Using the web-based Textbook Navigator/Journal, teachers can pick a standard and ask which portions of the textbook cover it, or they can use the Navigator to identify which Common Core standards are embodied in a particular lesson in the textbook. The Navigator lets teachers control their mathematics instruction, liberating them from rigidly following textbooks and allowing them to focus on teaching the content their students are expected to learn. The Navigator is based on the results of careful analyses of 34 textbook series and 185 individual mathematics textbooks.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 8
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: EJ1072563
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Researchers at the Center for the Study of Curriculum at Michigan State University have developed a tool to help teachers implement the Common Core State Standards in mathematics by letting standards, not textbooks, guide their instruction. Using the web-based Textbook Navigator/Journal, teachers can pick a standard and ask which portions of the textbook cover it, or they can use the Navigator to identify which Common Core standards are embodied in a particular lesson in the textbook. The Navigator lets teachers control their mathematics instruction, liberating them from rigidly following textbooks and allowing them to focus on teaching the content their students are expected to learn. The Navigator is based on the results of careful analyses of 34 textbook series and 185 individual mathematics textbooks.
ISSN:0031-7217
DOI:10.1177/0031721715602233