Emphasizing conceptual understanding through the use of models and visuals, this text helps students connect ideas and concepts while providing them with useful methods for teaching math to elementary school children. Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach addresses the NCTM standards by encouraging active student participation through features such as "Math Activities" and "Math Investigations." The "Math Investigations" now appear on the companion website.
How many students had majors other than mathematics, English, or science? ... r. Relationships among quantities are represented. A solution of this Initial Problem is on page 79. AUTHOR WALK-THROUGH INTRODUCTION Much of elementary ...
CHapTeR ReVIeW Martin Gardner (1914–2010) Martin Gardner wrote the lively and thoughtful “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American magazine for more than 20 years, yet he was not a mathematician—his main interests were ...
This book is designed for a mathematics for elementary school teachers course where instructors choose to focus on and/or take an activities approach to learning.
Textbook on numbers, arithmetic, and prealgebra for elementary school mathematics teachers.
These activities promote critical thinking and discussion and give students a depth of understanding and perspective on the concepts presented in the text.
This manual contains open-ended activities for the student to practice and apply the knowledge they learn from the main text. When students begin teaching, they can use the activities as models in their own classrooms.
The anniversary edition of this bestselling volume includes the original studies that compare U.S and Chinese elementary school teachers’ mathematical understanding and offers a powerful framework for grasping the mathematical content ...
Whether you are a brand new teacher or a veteran, if you find teaching math to be quite the challenge, this is the guide you want by your side.
The text is organized around the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics' Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. The Standards dictate the basic sections of the text.
In this text, intended for the one- or two-semester course required of Education majors, Bassarear demonstrates that there are many paths to solving a problem, and sometimes problems have more than one solution.