Despite the commitment to promote equity and excellence in education, significant gaps remain in understanding the numeracy development of students with special needs. How these students become competent with fraction ideas, essential skills needed to become numerate and learn higher mathematics, is unclear. Most studies rely on an experimental design to teach basic skills through drill and practice, very few focus on conceptual understanding, learning more complex mathematics, or researching teacher professional development. This book reports the learning journey of three middle school...

The relationship between research and practice has long been an area of interest for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike. One obvious arena where mathematics education research can contribute to practice is the design and implementation of school mathematics curricula. This observation holds whether we are talking about curriculum as a set of broad, measurable competencies (i.e., standards) or as a comprehensive set of resources for teaching and learning mathematics. Impacting practice in this way requires fine-grained research that is focused on individual student learning...

The relationship between research and practice has long been an area of interest for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike. One obvious arena where mathematics education research can contribute to practice is the design and implementation of school mathematics curricula. This observation holds whether we are talking about curriculum as a set of broad, measurable competencies (i.e., standards) or as a comprehensive set of resources for teaching and learning mathematics. Impacting practice in this way requires fine-grained research that is focused on individual student learning...