Introducing difficult mathematics topics in the elementary classroom :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a teacher's guide to initial lessons /
First Statement of Responsibility
Francis J. Gardella.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 157 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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How children learn mathematics (and why it doesn?t happen!) -- Median : finding what's in the middle -- Rounding : the mystery of "rounding up for 5" -- Skipping multiplication (or at least through it) -- Learning to use division -- Fractions : what's it all about? -- Fractions : adding unlike things' impossible!!! -- Fractions : dividing into small pieces -- Decimals : operations before rules -- Measurement : make your own ruler -- Area : skipping through the rows -- Volume : it's like look at an apartment house? -- Mean : how much does each get? -- Percent : leveling the field of comparison -- Order of operations : an agreement? did you get the memo?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"By providing models of what excellent lessons on a given topic look like, knowledge of the mathematics involved, and a concrete lesson plan structure, Introducing Difficult Mathematics Topics in the Elementary Classroom serves as the definitive mathematics planning vehicle that every teacher will want before they set foot in their own elementary classroom."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Curriculum planning.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical-- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Mathematics-- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Curriculum planning.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical-- Study and teaching (Elementary)