Mathematics Assessment Project

One of my favorite resources is the Mathematics Assessment Project . These are scripted lessons, which at first was off-putting to me. However, once I implemented a few lessons (with modifications as I saw fit), I accepted them as exemplary lessons. While I don't always follow the script, I do believe that the lessons have been vetted and shown to be well thought out. I like the script as a starting point and I like having a model to work with. I especially like the common misconceptions and the suggested questions that could be posed to students. Here are two of the most recent lessons that I have used in my classroom. Defining lines by points, slopes, and equations My favorite part of many of these lessons is the collaborative section. This lesson contains a matching activity where various information is missing from some of the pairs. Students can more easily match the pairs with all the information given and then expand t...