Learn the 5 practices for facilitating effective inquiry-oriented classrooms: Anticipating what students will do and what strategies they will use in solving a problem; Monitoring their work as they approach the problem in class; Selecting students whose strategies are worth discussing in class; Sequencing those students' presentations to maximize their potential to increase students' learning; Connecting the strategies and ideas in a way that helps students understand the mathematics learned. Updated with current research and new insights on anticipating, lesson planning, and lessons learned from teachers, coaches, and school leaders.

Introducing the five practices -- Laying the groundwork : setting goals and selecting tasks -- Investigating the five practices in action -- Getting started : anticipating students' responses and monitoring their work -- Determining the direction of the discussion : selecting, sequencing, and connecting students' responses -- Ensuring active thinking and participation : asking good questions and holding students accountable -- Putting the five practices in a broader context of lesson planning -- Working in the school environment to improve classroom discussions -- The five practices : lessons learned and potential benefits -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Web-based resources for tasks and lesson plance -- Appendix B. Lesson plan for building a playground task -- Appendix C. Monitoring chart-bag of marbles task.