Guiding Children's Learning Of Mathematics

by Kennedy,Leonard M.

• ISBN13: 9780495091912
• ISBN10: 049509191X
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-14
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Trust Kennedy, Tipps and Johnson's market-leading text, GUIDING CHILDREN'S LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS, Eleventh Edition, to give you a thorough introduction to mathematics methods and to provide you with a practical resource guide to teaching pre-school through sixth grade level mathematics.

Author Biography

Leonard M. Kennedy is Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento.

Table of Contents

Guiding elementary mathematics with standards	p. 1
Elementary mathematics for the 21st century	p. 3
Defining a comprehensive mathematics curriculum	p. 11
Mathematics for every child	p. 27
Learning mathematics	p. 47
Organizes effective instruction	p. 57
The role of technology in the mathematics classroom	p. 79
Integrating assessment	p. 93
Mathematical concepts, skills, and problem solving	p. 111
Developing problem-solving strategies	p. 113
Developing concepts of number	p. 137
Extending number concepts and number systems	p. 161
Developing number operations with whole numbers	p. 187
Extending computational fluency with larger numbers	p. 229
Developing understanding of common and decimal fractions	p. 253
Extending understanding of common and decimal fractions	p. 287
Developing aspects of proportional reasoning : ratio, proportion, and percent	p. 333
Thinking algebraically	p. 357
Developing geometric concepts and systems	p. 389
Developing and extending measurement concepts	p. 437
Understanding and representing concepts of data	p. 489
Investigating probability	p. 523
NCTM table of standards and expectations	p. 545
Black-line masters	p. 557
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