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In this astounding book, Dougherty and Venenciano skillfully illustrate tasks that develop students’ reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills. They thoughtfully include guiding and reflective questions along with suggestions for differentiation and extensions of each task. The wide range of topics makes this perfect for any algebra course!
Bring the love of learning mathematics back into your classroom by implementing effective mathematical practices, building numeracy skills in your students, and providing rich algebra tasks that are engaging. Dougherty and Venenciano have done some great work to support educators that will enhance students’ learning and grit.
Dougherty and Venenciano provoke us to reframe our thinking from, “can my students get the correct answer for this task?” to “how can I use this task to help further my students’ understanding of the mathematics?” The authors provide a vision, tools, and practical advice for strategically using engaging tasks to enhance students’ understanding of mathematical ideas and processes.
This is a treasure trove of amazing tasks and supporting materials! Framing the tasks in an overview of research-grounded practices promotes fidelity and provides access for all students. Tasks presented in Part 2 spell out the mathematical topics, content and practice alignments, watch-fors, anticipated solutions, prompts, and post-task notes that allow them to be efficiently integrated.
It’s important to implement rich tasks that support students’ math proficiency, drawing from their strengths and assets. It can be difficult locating or creating math tasks that are both rich and assetbased. I am excited to use tasks from this book in my work at the university with preservice teachers, in professional development with in-service teachers, and working with grades 6–12 students.
Classroom-Ready Rich Algebra Tasks is a must-have resource for all algebra teachers. Dougherty and Venenciano outline how to implement these tasks in your classroom and give numerous examples that could be used today. After more than a decade of teaching algebra and supporting algebra teachers, this is a resource I wish I had when I started.
