How the Brain Learns Mathematics by David A. Sousa This book explores how the brain processes mathematical concepts and why some students develop math anxiety.
The History of Mathematics: A Reader edited by John Fauvel and Jeremy Gray contains historical readings from a wide variety of sources to show the nature and development of mathematics from earliest times to the twentieth century.
The Roles of Representation in School Mathematics by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is about how students learn to build mathematical representations of phenomena.
Learning and Teaching Measurement by by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is about how students learn measurement and how teachers can teach measurement suited to their students' needs as learners.
The Common Core Mathematics Standards by Ted H. Hull, Ruth Harbin Miles and Don S. Balka informs math leaders with changes in math curriculum with Common Core State Standards so they can implement the practices required by Common Core State Standards.
Sensible Mathematics by Steven Leinwand provides math leaders with specific guidance on how to make the necessary shifts in curriculum, insturction, assessment, and professional development to meet and exceed the Mathematics Common Core State Standards.
The Four Pillars of Geometry by John Stillwell appraoches Geometry from four different perspectives: Euclidean, linear alebra, projective, transformation groups.
Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching by Magdalene Lampert offers an orginal model of teaching practice that casts new light on the way teachers can successfully deal with teaching problems.
5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein provides teachers with concrete guidance for engaging students in discussion.
Number Talks: Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation Strategies by Sherry Parrish exlpores the nest way to teach math to young children and gives educators access to the ideas and methods they need to teach these ways effectively.
For the Love of Teaching Math is a blog home to great ideas for math teachers. Sometimes you just need to see how other teachers are doing it, and this blog provides a chance to see a bit of what goes on in another math teacher’s brain.
Learning to Love Math by Judy Willis suggests that is possible to make students love math and offers different strategies teachers can use to do so.
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter Brown Mindset, Carol Dweck Grit, and Angela Duckworth draws on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines to offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.
Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler shares that there is a clear gap between what research has shown to work in teaching math and what happens in schools and at home. This book bridges that gap by turning research findings into practical activities and advice.
Making Number Talks Matter by Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker offers practical ideas for using Number Talks to help students learn to reason numerically and build a solid foundation for the study of mathematics.
Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers by Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson makes a great attempt at pulling math back from the abstract to the concrete and offers ways to talk about social issues without looking too contrived or off-track.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon attempts to shift the way one thinks about teaching children who don't fit the mainstream academically through a narrative.
"Multiplication is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit provides a plethora of examples for thinking about teaching children of color in all subject areas.
The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse by Jennifer Ouellette shares how Ouellete learned to apply Calculus to everything from gas mileage to dieting, from the rides at Disneyland to shooting craps in Vegas.
Here’s Looking at Euclid: From Counting Ants to Games of Chance—An Awe-Inspiring Journey Through the World of Numbers by Alex Bellos is an account of Bellos' travels from all around the globe where he has plunged into history to uncover fascinating stories of mathematical achievement, from the breakthroughs of Euclid, the greatest mathematician of all time, to the creations of the Zen master of origami, one of the hottest areas of mathematical work today.