Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. HOW DID THIS MANUAL COME TO BE?
      1. The Literature
      2. Reaction to the literature
      3. Recipes and equations
      4. Response to questions
      5. Conclusions

1. RESISTANCE
   1. MY OWN RESISTANCE
   2. STUDENT RESISTANCE
      1. What Does Student Resistance Look Like?
      2. Dealing with Student Resistance
2. EMOTIONS AND MATH
   1. EXPRESSING FEELINGS
      1. Joy
      2. Confidence
      3. Fear
      4. Anxiety
      5. Test Anxiety
      6. Boredom
      7. Anger
      8. Humiliation
   2. TRAUMA AND LEARNING MATH
3. HANDS-ON LEARNING
   1. MANIPULATIVES
      1. Why Use Manipulatives?
      2. Finding, Making and Buying Manipulatives
      3. Charts, Diagrams and Other Visual Representations
      4. Showing Information on Charts and Graphs
4. GROUP WORK
   1. WHEN GROUP SKILLS ARE LOW
      1. Social Activities
      2. Working with Manipulatives
      3. Think-Pair-Share
      4. Get the Group Moving
      5. Songs
      6. Measurement
      7. Board Work
      8. More