Eight Habits of Highly Effective Math Students (and the Teachers Who Teach Them) is a powerful guide to providing high-quality math learning opportunities for all students. Packed with practical tools and actionable strategies, the authors thoughtfully unpack the eight habits in a way that supports students to develop mathematical proficiency and agency. This is a great book to anchor conversations with all stakeholders in education, from classroom teachers to coaches to administrators.
If your goal is to develop competent and confident students in mathematics, Eight Habits of Highly Effective Math Students (and the Teachers Who Teach Them) is the book for you. The authors guide teachers through the inquiry process by providing practical examples and tools that can be used to develop and strengthen students as mathematicians. Focusing and reflecting on one’s own work as a teacher, and making revisions to teaching practices, can have a substantial impact on students’ learning.
The book is written in a way that speaks directly to educators, using language and concepts that resonate with their experiences and needs. At the same time, the content is accessible to administrators who may not be as familiar with what effective math pedagogy looks like or sounds like in the classroom. This broad accessibility ensures that the book can be valuable to both teachers looking for practical strategies and administrators seeking to better understand and support good teaching practices.
The inherent consistency the book advocates for (habits!) makes it something that teachers will find useful across the year, no matter the content they teach.