This volume emerges from a partnership between the American Federation of Teachers and the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. The partnership brought together researchers and teachers for intensive dialogue sessions focusing on what each community knows about effective mathematical learning and instruction.

Gaea Leinhardt (Edited by) , Ralph Putnam (Edited by) , Rosemary A. Hattrup (Edited by)

Contents: Preface. J.T. Sowder, Making Sense of Numbers in School Mathematics. K.C. Fuson, Research on Learning and Teaching Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers. P. Nesher, Solving Multiplication Word Problems. M. Lampert, Teaching and Learning Long Division for Understanding in School. J. Hiebert, Mathematical, Cognitive, and Instructional Analyses of Decimal Fractions. T.E. Kieren, Rational and Fractional Numbers as Mathematical and Personal Knowledge: Implications for Curriculum and Instruction. L.B. Resnick, From Protoquantities to Operators: Building Mathematical Competence on a Foundation of Everyday Knowledge. M. Rauth, L. Billups, Epilogue.