Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 6-8

About Douglas FisherJohn HattieJohn T. AlmarodeJoseph AssofNancy FreySara Delano Moore

Dr. John Almarode is a bestselling author and an Associate Professor of Education at James Madison University. He was awarded the inaugural Sarah Miller Luck Endowed Professorship in 2015 and received an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia in 2021. Before his academic career John started as a mathematics and science teacher in Augusta County Virginia. As an author John has written multiple educational books focusing on science and mathematics and he has co-created a new framework for developing implementing and sustaining professional learning communities called PLC+. Dr. Almarodes work has been presented to the US Congress the Virginia Senate and the US Department of Education. One of his recent projects includes developing the Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Continuing his collaborative work with colleagues on what works best in teaching and learning How Tutoring Works Visible Learning in Early Childhood and How Learning Works all with Corwin Press were released in 2021. Douglas Fisher Ph.D. is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association William S. Grey citation of merit and an Exemplary Leader award from the Conference on English Leadership of NCTE. He has published numerous articles on teaching and learning as well as books such as The Teacher Clarity Playbook PLC+ Visible Learning for Literacy Comprehension: The Skill Will and Thrill of Reading How Tutoring Works and How Learning Works. Doug loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others. Joseph Assof is a high school and community college mathematics teacher and the math department chair at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego CA. He leads his departments reform efforts to align to the Common Core Standards with a focus on high quality instruction. He is a member of the San Diego County Math Leaders Task Force whose mission is to support every student in meeting the rigorous expectations of the Common Core. Joseph co-authored Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom High School Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom Grades 6-8 and The Teacher Clarity Playbook and his classroom is featured in a number of Visible Learning for Mathematics Grades K-12 videos.  Sara Delano Moore is an independent mathematics education consultant at SDM Learning.  A fourth-generation educator her work focuses on helping teachers and students understand mathematics as a coherent and connected discipline through the power of deep understanding and multiple representations for learning. Sara has worked as a classroom teacher of mathematics and science in the elementary and middle grades a mathematics teacher educator Director of the Center for Middle School Academic Achievement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Director of Mathematics & Science at ETA hand2mind. Her journal articles appear in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Teaching Children Mathematics Science & Children and Science Scope. John Hattie PhD is an award-winning education researcher and best-selling author with nearly thirty years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research better known as Visible Learning is a culmination of nearly thirty years synthesizing more than 2100 meta-analyses comprising more than one hundred thousand studies involving over 300 million students around the world. He has presented and keynoted in over three hundred international conferences and has received numerous recognitions for his contributions to education. His notable publications include Visible Learning Visible Learning for Teachers Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn; Visible Learning for Mathematics Grades K-12; and 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning. Nancy Frey Ph.D. is a Professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a member of the International Literacy Associations Literacy Research Panel. Nancy has published in The Reading Teacher Theory Into Practice Reading Psychology Early Childhood Education Journal and Educational Leadership on research related to literacy school leadership and effective instruction. Current books include The Teaching Reading Playbook Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning Welcome to Teaching and The PLC+ suite of books. In 2008 she was given the Early Career Achievement Award by the Literacy Research Association and is a member of the California Reading Hall of Fame. She is a credentialed special educator reading specialist and administrator in California and is a co-founder and administrator at Health Sciences High and Middle College.