Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2004. 5th ed. Near fine with very minor edge-wear; toght and clean.. xxvii, 468 pages: color illustrations; 28 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: Teaching mathematics: foundations and perspectives -- Teaching mathematics in the context of the reform movement -- Exploring what it means to do mathematics -- Developing understanding in mathematics -- Teaching through problem solving -- Building assessment into instruction -- Planning the problem-based classroom -- Teaching all children mathematics -- Technology and school mathematics -- Development of mathematical concepts and procedures -- Developing early number concepts and number sense -- Developing meanings for the operations -- Helping children master the basic facts -- Whole-number place-value development -- Strategies for whole-number computation -- Computational estimation with whole numbers -- Developing fraction concepts -- Computation with fractions -- Decimal and percent concepts and decimal computation -- Developing concepts of ratio and proportion -- Developing measurement concepts -- Geometric thinking and geometric concepts -- Exploring concepts of data analysis and probability -- Algebraic reasoning -- Exploring functions -- Developing concepts of exponents, integers and real numbers -- Principles and standards for school mathematics: content standards and grade level expectations -- Professional standards for teaching mathematics: Teaching standards. / "Presents a resource for teaching mathematics, providing perspectives on how to help children learn math, and addressing every major topic of the kindergarten through eighth grade mathematics curriculum." / Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) Mathématiques -- Étude et enseignement (Primaire) Mathématiques -- Étude et enseignement (École moyenne) Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) Enseignement des mathématiques. Enseignement primaire. Enseignement secondaire. Méthode d'enseignement. Mathématique.