Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Grades 3-5, Vol. 2
The resource math teachers have been waiting for is finally here!\ Volume Two of the Van de Walle Professional Mathematics Series provides practical guidance along with proven strategies for practicing teachers of grades 3 through 5. In addition to many of the popular topics and features from John Van de Walle’s market-leading textbook, Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, this volume offers brand-new material specifically written for these grades. The expanded grade-specific coverage...
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Van de Walle (emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University) and Lovin (education, James Madison University) outline the concepts of teaching through problem solving and planning problem-based lessons, and explain how children learn number sense, fraction and percentage computation, geometric thinking, and algebraic reasoning. The resource also provides 150 classroom activities, 11 sample lessons, and assessment notes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1. Foundations of Student-Centered Instruction.2. Numbers and Number Sense.3. Helping Children Master the Basic Facts.4. Strategies for Whole-Number Computation.5. Fraction Concepts.6. Fraction Computation.7. Decimal and Percent Concepts and Computation.8. Geometric Thinking and Geometric Concepts.9. Developing Measurement Concepts.10. Algebraic Reasoning.11. Exploring Data Analysis.12. Exploring Concepts of Probability.Appendix A. NCTM Principles and Stan dards for School Mathematics.Appendix B. NCTM Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics.Blackline Masters.
