Extending Children's Mathematics

Author: Susan B. Empson
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325030531
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"With the collaboration of a number of dedicated teachers and their students, Susan Empson and Linda Levi have produced a volume that is faithful to the basic principles of CGI while at the same time covering new ground with insight and innovation." -Thomas P. Carpenter This highly anticipated follow-up volume to the landmark Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction addresses the urgent need to help teachers understand and teach fraction concepts. Fractions remain one of the key stumbling blocks in math education, and here Empson and Levi lay a foundation for understanding fractions and decimals in ways that build conceptual learning. They show how the same kinds of intuitive knowledge and sense making that provides the basis for children's learning of whole number arithmetic can be extended to fractions and decimals. Just as they did in Children's Mathematics and Thinking Mathematically, Empson and Levi provide important insights into children's thinking and alternative approaches to solving problems. Three themes appear throughout the book: building meaning for fractions and decimals through discussing and solving word problems the progression of children's strategies for solving fraction word problems and equations from direct modeling through relational thinking designing instruction that capitalizes on students' relational thinking strategies to integrate algebra into teaching and learning fractions. With illuminating examples of student work, classroom vignettes, "Teacher Commentaries" from the field, sample problems and instructional guides provided in each chapter, you'll have all the tools you need to teach fractions and decimals with understanding and confidence.

Children's Mathematics

Author: Thomas P. Carpenter
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325052878
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With a focus on children's mathematical thinking, this second edition adds new material on the mathematical principles underlying children's strategies, a new online video that illustrates student teacher interaction, and examines the relationship between CGI and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

Number Talks

Author: Sherry Parrish
Publisher: Math Solutions Publications
ISBN: 9781935099758
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"This resource was created in response to the requests of teachers--those who want to implement number talks but are unsure of how to begin, and those with experience who want more guidance in crafting purposeful problems."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Thinking Mathematically

Author: Thomas P. Carpenter
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
In this book the authors reveal how children's developing knowledge of the powerful unifying ideas of mathematics can deepen their understanding of arithmetic

Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers

Author: Marcus Witt
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 1473908299
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
With chapter sequencing following the new Curriculum, this book supports trainee Primary school teachers to make use of the opportunities presented in the new National Curriculum for effective and engaging Mathematics teaching. Covering all of the areas of the new Curriculum for primary mathematics and offering insight into effective teaching, this book helps students connect what they need to teach with how it can be taught. Exploring opportunities in the new curriculum for creative and imaginative teaching, it shows readers how to capitalize on opportunities to develop children′s reasoning and problem solving skills. It explores how to make links between mathematics and children′s lived experiences to enhance their learning and enables trainees to develop an ability to plan with discernment, making the most of existing thinking and research as well as building confidence in adapting and customizing ideas. Includes the full National Curriculum Programme of Study for Maths, key stages 1 and 2 as a useful reference for trainee teachers. Other books in this series include: Primary English for Trainee Teachers

Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction

Author: Willem Uttenbogaard
Publisher: Firsthand
ISBN: 9780325011028
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A resource of 68 minilessons designed to be used at the start of a math workshop and to last for ten to fifteen minutes.

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Author: David A. Adler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780545251624
Category : Decimal fractions
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Fractions, decimals, and percents are everywhere! Just take a stroll around a county fair. There are fractions at the pie-eating contest, decimals in the arcade, and percent signs in the prize booth. Each time you see a fraction, decimal, or percent, you can easily convert it into its equivalent. This entertaining picture book is sure to earn 100% from math students and teachers--

Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching

Author: Magdalene Lampert
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300099478
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 518

Book Description
In this book an experienced classroom teacher and noted researcher on teaching takes us into her fifth grade math class through the course of a year. Magdalene Lampert shows how classroom dynamics--the complex relationship of teacher, student, and content--are critical in the process of bringing each student to a deeper understanding of mathematics, or any other subject. She offers valuable insights into students and teaching for all who are concerned about improving the learning that happens in the classroom. Lampert considers the teacher's and students' work from many different angles, in views large and small. She analyzes her own practice in a particular classroom, student by student and moment by moment. She also investigates the particular kind of teaching that aims at engaging elementary school students in learning fundamentally important ideas and skills by working on problems. Finally, she looks at the common problems of teaching that occur regardless of the individuals, subject matter, or kinds of practice involved. Lampert arrives at an original model of teaching practice that casts new light on the complexity in teachers' work and on the ways teachers can successfully deal with teaching problems.

Spectrum Extending Fractions

Author:
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483826473
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A strong home-to-school relationship helps kids see the whole picture when it comes to math, and with Spectrum Focus: Extending Fractions for grade 5 kids can go more practice converting fractions to decimals, adding and subtracting fractions, solving word problems, and more right at home. Packed with introductions, explanations, and comprehensive assessments, the Spectrum Focus series is designed to help every child meet (and exceed) expectations by offering an in-depth learning experience. This standards-based workbook doesn’t just prepare them for classroom success—it helps them make real-world connections by applying fractions to everyday scenarios.

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873534840
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
This easy-to-read summary is an excellent tool for introducing others to the messages contained in Principles and Standards.