Ask mathematicians to describe mathematics and they'll use words like playful, beautiful, and creative. Pose the same question to students and many will use words like boring, useless, and even humiliating.

Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had, author Tracy Zager helps teachers close this gap by making math class more like mathematics. Zager has spent years working with highly skilled maths teachers in a diverse range of settings and grades and has compiled ideas from these vibrant classrooms into this game-changing book.

Inside you'll find:

• How to Teach Student-Centred Mathematics: Zager outlines a problem-solving approach to mathematics for elementary and middle school educators looking for new ways to inspire student learning.
• Practical Application: This maths book contains dozens of practical and accessible teaching techniques that focus on fundamental maths concepts, including strategies that simulate the connection of big ideas.
• Rich tasks that encourage students to wonder, generalise, hypothesise, and persevere.
• Routines to teach students how to collaborate.

Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had offers fresh perspectives on common challenges, from formative assessment to classroom management for elementary and middle school teachers.

No matter what level of maths class you teach, Zager will coach you along chapter by chapter. All teachers can move towards increasingly authentic and delightful mathematics teaching and learning. This important book helps develop instructional techniques that will make the maths classes we teach so much better than the maths classes we took.