This article explores teaching practices described in NCTM's Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All. Student thinking, a learning cycle, and procedural fluency are discussed in this article, which is the second installment in the series.
Scott J. Hendrickson, scott@mathematics.byu.edu, is a teaching professor in the mathematics education department at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, and a coauthor and consultant for the Mathematics Vision Project (MVP). He is interested in the professional learning of preservice and in-service teachers and in designing curriculum that supports the development of deep learning for students.