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Mathematics, A Good Beginning: Strategies for Teaching Children
Mathematics A Good Beginning Strategies for Teaching Children Author:Andria P. Troutman, Betty K. Lichtenberg This text offers many features, chapters, and topics to reflect current research in mathematics education, the philosophy and recommendations of the NCTM, and the growing use of technology in the K-8 classroom. This highly respected text is known for its imaginative, class-tested activities, its practical teaching strategies, and its abil... more »ity to explain and develop mathematical concepts clearly and succinctly. Each chapter is arranged so that at the end is the closing, objectives for the child, teacher goals, think-tank time, and suggested readings.
Contents:
* Zero, our starting point --
* Getting ready for a good beginning: Pre-number concepts --
* ... 100s, 10s, 1s ... the best yet: Our base-ten numeration system --
* Better ways to use the best: Addition and subtraction of whole numbers --
* Better ways to use the best: Multiplication and division --
* Diagnosis, before and after: Whole numbers --
* Some theory about numbers: Factors, multiples, primes, and composites --
* Not all numbers are whole numbers: Representing, adding, and subtracting rational numbers --
* Concepts that could cause trouble: Multiplying and dividing rational numbers --
* More about diagnosis: Rational numbers, reading and writing, and special difficulties --
*Putting it all together: Problem solving --
* The shape of things: Geometric figures and relationships --
* Seeing is believing: Children's development of geometric ideas --
* Superstitious? Not us... --
* Before you teach measurement: Attributes of measurement ... The metric system ... expectations --
* Sizing it up: The measurement of attributes --
* Making numbers count: Organizing, representing, and interpreting data --
* Calculators in the classroom: Concepts and computations --
* The end ... your beginning: Toward efficient instruction.
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