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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction: The Power of Mindset
- CHAPTER 1: The Brain and Mathematics Learning
- CHAPTER 2: The Power of Mistakes and Struggle
- Mistakes in Life
- How Can We Change the Ways Students View Struggle and Mistakes?
- CHAPTER 3: The Creativity and Beauty in Mathematics
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 4: Creating Mathematical Mindsets: The Importance of Flexibility with Numbers
- Number Sense
- What about Math Facts?
- How Important Is Math Practice?
- What about Older Students?
- Math Apps and Games
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 5: Rich Mathematical Tasks
- Case 1. Seeing the Openness of Numbers
- Case 2. Growing Shapes: The Power of Visualization
- Case 3. A Time to Tell?
- Case 4. Seeing a Mathematical Connection for the First Time (Pascal’s Triangle)
- Case 5. The Wonders of Negative Space
- Case 6. From Math Facts to Math Excitement
- From Cases of Mathematics Excitement to the Design of Tasks
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 6: Mathematics and the Path to Equity
- The Elitist Construction of Math
- The Myth of the Mathematically Gifted Child
- When Math Inequalities in Course Placement Become Illegal
- Equitable Strategies
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 7: From Tracking to Growth Mindset Grouping
- Opportunities to Learn
- De‐Tracking
- Growth Mindset Grouping
- Teaching Heterogeneous Groups Effectively: The Mathematics Tasks
- Teaching Heterogeneous Groups Effectively: Complex Instruction (with an Update)
- My Adaptation to Complex Instruction
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 8: Assessment for a Growth Mindset
- Race to Nowhere
- Assessment for Learning
- Developing Student Self‐Awareness and Responsibility
- Advice on Grading
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 9: Teaching Mathematics for a Growth Mindset
- Encourage All Students
- Believe in All of Your Students
- Value Struggle and Failure
- Give Growth Praise and Help
- Opening Mathematics
- Putting These Ideas into Practice
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Index
- End User License Agreement




