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Author:   Andria P. Troutman ,  Betty K. Lichtenberg
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9780534529055

ISBN 10:   0534529054
Pages:   640
Publication Date:   15 August 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I. A JOURNEY TOWARDS MATHEMATICAL SUCCESS. 0. Learning About Learning (From the Ground Up). 1. Thinking About Thinking (Identifying Problem Solving Abilities). 2. Problem Solving (A Way of Life). 3. What?s Math Anyway? (Unifying Ideas). PART II. FROM COUNTING TO DIVISION. 4. Getting Ready for a Good Beginning (Number Sense, Classification, and Counting). 5. 100s, 10s, 1s,The Best Yet (Our Base-Ten Numeration System). 6. Addition & Subtraction of Whole Numbers (Constructing Meaning). 7. Addition and Subtraction, Whole Number Algorithms (Building, Understanding, Applying, and Estimating). 8. Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers (Constructing Meaning). 9. Multiplication and Division, Whole Number Algorithms (Building, Understanding, Estimating, and Applying). 10. Assessing Teaching and Learning (Putting the Pieces Together). 11. A Fitting Finale for Part II (Predicting Student Difficulties). Part III. The Rest of the Rationals. 12. Some Theory About Numbers (Factors, Multiples, Primes, and Composites). 13. Superstitious, Not Us. 14. Not All Numbers are Whole Numbers (Representing, Adding, and Subtracting Rational Numbers). 15. Security is Knowing Why (Multiplying and Dividing Rational Numbers). PART IV. GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT. 16. The Shape of Things (Constructing Geometric Ideas and Relationships). 17. Sizing It Up (Attributes of Measurement and Measurement of Attributes). 18. Making Numbers Count (Collecting, Representing, Interpreting, and Predicting). PART V. APPLICATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS. 19. Technology and Teaching (Status and Direction). 20. Teaching in the Real World (More About the Children We Teach). Appendix A: NCTM Standards. Appendix B: MGB Resource. Appendix C: Selected Answers to Stop and Reflect and ThinkTank Exercises.

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This text is especially strong due to the comprehensive references to philosophy and researchers in the area of learning with an emphasis on constructivism and Gardneras theory of multiple intelligences.

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