644 Pages
by
Routledge
644 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dr. Marian Small has written a landmark book for a wide range of educational settings and audiences, from pre-service math methods courses to ongoing professional learning for experienced teachers. Understanding the Math We Teach and How to Teach It, K-8 focuses on the big mathematical ideas in elementary and middle school grade levels and shows how to teach those concepts using a... Read more
Chapter 1: How Students Learn Math and What Math We Want Them to Learn Chapter 2: Focusing Instruction on Big Ideas and Mathematical Processes Chapter 3: Assessment and Evaluation Chapter 4: Planning Instruction Chapter 5: Early Number Chapter 6: Early Operations Chapter 7: Developing Fact Fluency Chapter 8: Representing Larger Whole Numbers Chapter 9: Estimation and Calculation Strategies with Larger Whole Numbers Chapter 10: Fractions Chapter 11: Decimals Chapter 12: Ratio and Proportion Chapter 13: Extending the Number System to Negative and Irrational Numbers Chapter 14: Patterns and Algebra Chapter 15: 3-D and 2-D Shapes Chapter 16: Location and Movement Chapter 17: The Nature of Measurement, with a Focus on Length and Area Chapter 18: Volume, Mass, Time, and Angles Chapter 19: Data Chapter 20: Probability
Biography
Marian Small is the former Dean of Education at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. She has been a professor of mathematics education and worked in the field for close to 40 years. Dr. Small is a regular speaker on K–12 mathematics throughout Canada and around the world. Her focus is on teacher questioning to get at the important math, to include and extend all students by appropriately differentiating instruction, and to focus on critical thinking and creativity.
