Mathematics Methods for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, 4th Edition

by Mary M. Hatfield (Emeritus, Arizona State Univ.); Nancy Tanner Edwards (Missouri Western State College); Gary G. Bitter (Arizona State Univ.); Jean Morrow (Emporia State Univ.)

• ISBN13: 9780471387961
• ISBN10: 0471387967
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780471149835, 9780471365440
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

This edition includes the new NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics 2000. In addition, it addresses the newest NAEP data and findings from the TIMSS, while continuing its emphasis on cultural diversity. A CD-ROM with vignettes of real classroom situations helps reader study teaching practices as they naturally occur. These vignettes have been improved and expanded.

Table of Contents

The Past, Present, and Future of Mathematics Education.

Culturally Relevant Mathematics

How Children Learn Mathematics.

Assessment in Mathematics.

Changing Assessment.

Problem Solving

Geometry and Spatial Reasoning.

Measurement.

Number Readiness--Early Primary Mathematics.

Numeration and Number Sense.

Operations and Number Sense.

Operations with Whole Numbers.

Common Fractions and Decimals.

Percent, Ratio, Proportion, and Rate.

Number Theory, Patterns, and Functions, and Algebra.

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability.