Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally
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Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, Seventh Edition John A. Van de Walle, Late of Virginia Commonwealth University Karen S. Karp, University of Louisville Jennifer M. Bay-Williams, University of Louisville Written by leaders in the field of mathematics education, this best-selling book will help teachers and K-8 students make sense of math. For each strand of the mathematics curriculum, numerous problem-based activities are interwoven with a discussion of the mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content. This book is uniquely designed to help your students: • Prepare for mathematics instruction in today’s classroom: • NEW! MyEducationLab website for this text presents classroom video, clips of teacher workshops presented by John Van de Walle, expanded lessons, real curriculum materials, children’s literature resources, and more. Margin notes throughout the text seamlessly integrate website material for instructors and readers. • NEW! Field Experience Guide Connections at the end of each chapter showcase specific classroom-based tasks, activities, and resources available to readers in the popular Field Experience Guide. • Develop a constructivist and problem solving approach to the learning and teaching of mathematics • NEW! Use the 2000 NCTM Principles and Standards and Curriculum Focal Points to inform their instruction by providing the mostcomplete coverage of the NCTM guidelines available. • UPDATED! Effectively integrate technology to support teaching and learning with comprehensive coverage of new technologies and teaching strategies. • Practice doing the mathematics that they will teach through numerous activities in each of the 16 content chapters • NEW! Meet the needs of all learners through discussion of differentiating instruction, adaptation of the response to intervention (RTI) model for use with students with special needs in the mathematics classroom, and more.
Ch. 1Teaching mathematics in the era of the NCTM standards1Ch. 2Exploring what it means to do mathematics12Ch. 3Developing understanding in mathematics22Ch. 4Teaching through problem solving37Ch. 5Planning in the problem-based classroom61Ch. 6Building assessment into instruction78Ch. 7Teaching mathematics equitably to all children95Ch. 8Technology and school mathematics107Ch. 9Developing early number concepts and number sense120Ch. 10Developing meanings for the operations143Ch. 11Helping children master the basic facts165Ch. 12Whole-number place value development187Ch. 13Strategies for whole-number computation216Ch. 14Computational estimation with whole numbers245Ch. 15Algebraic thinking : generalizations, patterns, and functions259Ch. 16Developing fraction concepts293Ch. 17Computation with fractions316Ch. 18Decimal and percent concepts and decimal computation333Ch. 19Proportional reasoning353Ch. 20Developing measurement concepts374Ch. 21Geometric thinking and geometric concepts407Ch. 22Concepts of data analysis452Ch. 23Exploring concepts of probability475Ch. 24Developing concepts of exponents, integers, and real numbers492
