Product Information:
Price: $18.00
Format: Softcover
Audience: Teachers, Teacher Educators
Pages: 126
Publisher: Arena Press
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 978-1-57128-133-3
Order #: MATH-99-01

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A Mathematics Source Book for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

Key Concepts, Teaching Tips, and Learning Pitfalls

By: Debra Coggins, Carne Barnett, Gunnar Carlsson, Margaret Chinn, Catherine Conway, Bill Honig, Drew Kravin

WestEd's Carne Barnett-Clark is a coauthor of this mathematics source book for teachers, which contains a concise discussion of the basic mathematical topics commonly taught in elementary and middle school. The book has chapters on number; addition and subtraction; multiplication and division; measurement; fractions; decimals; algebra and functions foundations; percents; ratios, rates, and proportions; negative numbers; and exponents. Each chapter contains a description of the underlying mathematics of the topic based on research and best practice, helpful advice on how to strengthen the teaching of the topic, and the common ways that students misunderstand the mathematics.