This book is about how teachers can use classroom mathematics tasks to support student learning, and presents data on the ways in which teachers used those tasks in a particular research project. It is the product of research findings focusing on teacher practice, teacher learning and knowledge, and student learning. It demonstrates how teachers can use mathematics tasks to promote effective student learning.

This book is about how teachers can use classroom mathematics tasks to support student learning, and presents data on the ways in which teachers used those tasks in a particular research project. It is the product of research findings focusing on teacher practice, teacher learning and knowledge, and student learning. It demonstrates how teachers can use mathematics tasks to promote effective student learning.

"Of all the things I've ever written, this journal was the most fun and the thing that gave me the most pleasure," says the grandfather of Farrin and Owen. Papa Clarke's bedtime chapter readings always ended with the same four words: " Now go to sleep !" Sometimes Farrin did. And sometimes she stayed awake.