Peter Appelbaum is Professor and Director of Education Studies and Curriculum Studies Programs at Arcadia University and has over 40 years of experience in innovative math teaching in and out of schools. Among his numerous books and articles is Embracing Mathematics: On Becoming a Teacher and Changing with Mathematics (Routledge, 2008).

• AcknowledgmentAbout the AuthorIntroduction: How to Read This Book – A List of Reading ApproachesTeacher List CirclesLeave It Lying AroundChoose Your Own AdventureRe-gift the Gift That Keeps on GivingUniversity SyllabusOne More List of Advice1 Mathematical Activity ListsAlan Bishop’s Six Mathematical ActivitiesTamsin Meaney’s List of Bishop’s Six ActivitiesDavid Kirshner’s Three Types of Activity2 Assessment ListsAlice Pitt Assessment CategoriesSusan Ohanian’s Ten Foundational QuestionsJo Boaler’s Five Elements of Effective Struggle3 Hannah Arendt ListsHannah Arendt’s Three Kinds of ActivityHannah Arendt’s Four Strategies for Unlearning4 Math Joke ListsTop Dozen Silly Math JokesCommon Homophones for Creating Math JokesPolysemous Words with Special Mathematics Meanings5 Math as Art ListsJosiah McElheny’s Three Ways to Use ModelsSusan Sontag’s Alternatives to RepresentationSianne Ngai and the Aesthetics of Students’ ContributionsArt Projects for Math Classes6 Political & Culturally Relevant Pedagogy ListsGloria Ladson-Billing’s Six Habits of Highly Effective TeachersCelebrating the Mathematical Brilliance of Multilingual LearnersLevels of Democratic MathematicsPost-Colonial Mathematics LevelsAnti-Racist Mathematics7 PlayBook ListsProblem Solving & Posing ListsGeorg Pólya’s How to Solve ItJohn Mason, Kaye Stacey & Leone Burton’s Thinking MathematicallyStephen I. Brown & Marion Walter’s Art of Problem PosingMeaningful Communication ListsConcept-Based Lesson GenresPromoting a Thinking ClassroomFive Dimensions of “TRU”-ly Powerful ClassroomsPeter’s Practical Critical Thinking StrategiesFive Days of Better Question-AskingWorksheet OptionsStorytelling & Literature ListsDaniels-Type Literature Circle RolesStorytelling Techniques for Math TeachersThree-Act Mathematics8 More Than Human Mathematics ListsNeo-SAMBA School MathSeven Ways Math Can Save the World9 Excellence & Flourishing ListsLists of VirtuesAristotle’s VirtuesTheoretical & Practical VirtuesVirtues Inspired by Judith ButlerAfrofuturist VirtuesShopping ListsWhat Every Mathematics Classroom Never Knew It NeededFirst Aid Supplies for the Math Teacher’s Body & SpiritA Short List of Mathematical Games You Might Have Overlooked10 List of Last ThoughtsReferencesIndex of Mathematical TopicsIndex of Names