Achieve High-Quality Mathematics Discourse With Purposeful Talk TechniquesMany mathematics teachers agree that engaging students in high quality discourse is important for their conceptual learning, but successfully promoting such discourse in elementary classrooms—with attention to the needs of every learner—can be a challenge. Activating Math Talk tackles this challenge by bringing practical, math-specific, productive discourse techniqu...

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico. Two overview chapters cover related information on Cuba and on coastal zone management in Mexico. The comprehensive data on management pol...

Make Space for Discipleship in Your Home and in Your HeartIn our world’s eyes, homemaking means curating picture-perfect living spaces—but biblical homemaking is so much more. It’s stewarding the ministry that happens at home. It’s nurturing relationships with the warmth of hospitality. It’s loving and serving those God has entrusted to us in unseen ways. And even when it feels mundane, homemaking is sacred work that women in every season of life—young or old, marr...

Curriculum materials are among the most pervasive and powerful influences on school mathematics. In many mathematics classes, student assignments, the questions the teacher asks, the ways students are grouped, the forms of assessment, and much more originate in curriculum materials. At the same time, teachers have considerable latitude in how they use their curriculum materials. Two classes making use of the same materials may differ markedly in what mathematics content is emphasized and h...