<p>For courses in teaching math methods (preK-8).</p><p>Guide teachers to help all PreK to 8th grade learners make sense of math</p><p><b>Elementary and Middle School Mathematics</b> illustrates how children in PreK to 8th grade learn math, and then supplies concrete, effective methods of teaching math using problem-based activities. Examples of real student work, common challenges, and hundreds of classroom-ready hands-on tasks help readers visualize developmentally appropriate mathematics instruction and assessment that supports and challenges all learners.</p>

<ol><li>Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century</li><li>Exploring What It Means to Know and Do Mathematics</li><li>Teaching through Problem Solving</li><li>Planning in the Problem-Based Classroom</li><li>Creating Assessments for Learning</li><li>Teaching Mathematics Equitably to All Students</li><li>Developing Early Number Concepts and Number Sense</li><li>Developing Meanings for the Operations</li><li>Developing Basic Fact Fluency</li><li>Developing Whole-Number Place-Value Concepts</li><li>Developing Strategies for Addition and Subtraction Computation</li><li>Developing Strategies for Multiplication and Division Computation</li><li>Algebraic Thinking, Equations, and Functions</li><li>Developing Fraction Concepts</li><li>Developing Fraction Operations</li><li>Developing Decimal and Percent Concepts and Decimal Computation</li><li>Ratios, Proportions, and Proportional Reasoning</li><li>Developing Measurement Concepts</li><li>Developing Geometric Thinking and Geometric Concepts</li><li>Developing Concepts of Data and Statistics</li><li>Exploring Concepts of Probability</li><li>Developing Concepts of Exponents, Integers, and Real Numbers</li></ol>

<p><b>Elementary and Middle School Mathematics</b> illustrates how children in PreK to 8th grade learn math, and then supplies concrete, effective methods of teaching math using problem-based activities. Examples of real student work, common challenges, and hundreds of classroom-ready hands-on tasks help readers visualize developmentally appropriate mathematics instruction and assessment that supports and challenges all learners.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">All students can learn mathematics with understanding. It is through the teacher's actions, a positive classroom environment, and by allowing students to develop their own strategies and learn from others that every student can have success and develop confidence in their abilities. We want students to see the connections among mathematical topics and the real world, value mathematics that is all around them, and feel empowered to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The text covers concepts and procedures specific to mathematical topics encountered in grades K—8, using real experiences and assessment techniques to address the foundations of how children learn. The previous edition's focus on teaching through problem solving now takes a broader focus on mathematical inquiry through rich tasks and classroom discourse.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">All students can learn mathematics with understanding. It is through the teacher's actions, a positive classroom environment, and by allowing students to develop their own strategies and learn from others that every student can have success and develop confidence in their abilities. We want students to see the connections among mathematical topics and the real world, value mathematics that is all around them, and feel empowered to use it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The text covers concepts and procedures specific to mathematical topics encountered in grades K—8, using real experiences and assessment techniques to address the foundations of how children learn. The previous edition's focus on teaching through problem solving now takes a broader focus on mathematical inquiry through rich tasks and classroom discourse.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">9780135778470&nbsp;</span></font><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, Sixth Canadian Edition</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white"><br></p>

John A. Van de Walle

Karen S. Karp

Jennifer M. Bay-Williams

Lynn M. McGarvey

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