Buying the Book
This 1994 textbook can be ordered from Creative Publications by calling (800) 648-2970. (Don't look for it on their Web site or in their catalogs, as its current status is "going out of print".) Please let me know if you have trouble getting a hold of it.
What to ask for: "Algebra Student Book" ISBN 1-56107-251-6
The Teachers' Edition is no longer available from Creative Publications. You can read it on line, in full color, via Google Books.
On This Site
- What are Themes, Tools, and Concepts? (Teachers' Guide front matter)
- The whole book, downloadable by chapter or by lesson.
- Index to selected topics and tools
- ATTC Teacher Resources
- A paper by Jen Coté: ATTC Through a Deweyian Lens.
Sample Lessons
Here are some of the best lessons from ATTC, mostly in PDF format. Some are slightly revised and reorganized.
- "In Addition..."
- Three problems
- The "McNuggets Problem"
- Building Block Numbers
- Interpreting Graphs
- The Bicycle Trip | Follow-up
- In the Lab
- Discounts
- Weight vs. Age
- Constant Sums, Constant Products
- (More on this last topic.)
- Equations and Identities
- Three Lessons
- The Cover-Up Method
- Kinds of Numbers
- Function Diagrams
- Nine Function Diagrams
- The Focus
- Representing Linear Functions
- (More on this subject, including animated diagrams.)
- Quadratics
- Maximizing Area | (Condensed version)
- (Related Lessons.)
- Iterating Linear Functions
- Notes
- Worksheets
- (More on this subject.)
- Sequences and Series
- Arithmetic and Geometric
- (Related Lessons)
- Probability
- An Introduction
- Abstract Algebra
- Notes
- Worksheets
- (More on this subject, for teachers.)
