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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Benny F Tucker; Ann H Singleton; Terry L Weaver |
| ISBN: | 0130270210 9780130270214 |
| OCLC Number: | 45890431 |
| Description: | xi, 385 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Instructional activities : the building blocks for effective instruction -- Basics for the effective use of activities, the building blocks for construction of effective lesson -- What are the students learning? -- Developmental activities -- Practice activities -- Application activities -- Assessment activities -- Level of involvement -- Flexibility -- Webs of activities -- Content flexibility webs -- Procedure flexibility webs -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 2. Diversity in the classroom : variations of individual needs -- Why diverse classrooms? -- Racial, linguistic, and cultural diversity -- Learning style preferences -- Kinds of intelligence -- Low cognitive ability -- Learning disabilities -- Visual or auditory impairments -- Physical impairments -- Summary -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 3. Lesson design : creating lessons that meet the needs of a diverse classroom -- Combining activities into a lesson -- What is a lesson? -- A traditional lesson plan -- The nature of standard traditional lessons -- Adapting lessons for diverse learning needs -- A lesson adapted for diverse learners -- Adapting another lesson -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 4. Beginnings : mathematics learning in early childhood -- A common misconception -- About young children -- Teaching classification -- Teaching comparison and seriation -- Comparison -- Seriation -- Matching and prenumber comparisons -- Matching and prenumber seriation -- The beginning of geometric concepts : relative position -- A revised lesson -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 5. Whole numbers and numeration : naming and writing quantity -- Building on what children already know -- The big picture -- Development of numbers and numeration -- One-digit numbers -- Two-digit numbers -- Three or more digits -- Rounding numbers -- Adapting a lesson -- Adapting the lesson for a diverse group of students -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 6. Adding and subtracting whole numbers : combining and separating quantities -- Teaching addition of whole numbers -- An overview of the development of computation -- Developmental sequence for the addition of whole numbers -- Developing the easy basic addition facts -- Memorization of the easy basic addition facts -- Thinking strategies for hard basic addition facts -- Teaching the hard basic addition facts -- Teaching the addition algorithm -- Summary of the development sequence for addition -- Teaching subtraction -- Developing the meaning of subtraction -- Developing the easy basic subtraction facts -- Thinking strategies for hard basic subtraction facts -- Teaching the subtraction algorithm -- Summary of the developmental sequence for subtraction -- Adapting a lesson -- Teaching problem solving using addition and subtraction -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 7. Multiplying and dividing whole numbers : combining equal-sized groups and separating quantities into equal-sized groups -- Teaching multiplication of whole numbers -- Developmental sequence for teaching multiplication -- Developing the meaning of multiplication -- Teaching the easy basic multiplication facts -- Thinking strategies for hard basic multiplication facts -- Teaching the multiplication algorithm -- Summary of developmental sequence for multiplication -- Adapting a multiplication lesson -- Teaching division of whole numbers -- Developmental sequence for teaching division -- Adapting a division lesson -- Using multiplication and division to solve problems -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 8. Fractions : working with units smaller than one -- Defining fractions -- Three sides of fractions -- Fractional units -- Beyond unit fractions -- Fractions of a set -- Equivalent fractions -- Using the laboratory approach -- Comparison of fractions -- Adding fractions -- Subtracting fractions -- Least common denominators -- Improper fractions and mixed numbers -- Multiplying fractions -- Dividing fractions -- Adapting a lesson on fractions -- Solving problems using fractions -- Problem-solving strategies -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 9. Decimals and percents : working with base-ten units smaller than one and using hundredths as a common denominator -- Defining decimals -- Place value for decimals -- Comparison of decimals -- Addition and subtraction of decimals -- Multiplying decimals -- Division of decimals -- Fraction comparison revisited -- Defining percent -- Adapting a lesson on decimals -- Using decimals to solve problems -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 10. Measurement : assigning a number to a quantity -- Measurement and geometry -- Defining measurement -- Measuring length -- Teaching area measurement -- The big idea for developing area formulas -- Teaching volume measurement -- Measuring angles -- Measuring with indirect units -- Measuring time -- Measuring weight -- Measuring temperature -- Measuring value -- Adapting a lesson on volume -- Using measurement to solve problems -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 11. Geometry : learning the names and characteristics of shapes -- The big ideas of elementary school geometry -- Straightness -- Congruence -- Similarity -- Parallelism -- Perpendicularity -- Symmetry -- Using the big ideas to study geometric shapes -- Rectangles in elementary school -- Circles in elementary school -- Angles in elementary school -- Prisms in elementary school -- Adapting a geometry lesson -- Using geometry to solve problems -- Exercises and activities -- References and related readings -- Web sites -- 12. Effective practice : games and activities for practice and fun -- Matching activities -- Ordering activities -- Answer/example construction activities -- Summary -- References and related readings. |
| Other Titles: | Teaching mathematics to all children : |
| Responsibility: | Benny F. Tucker, Ann H. Singleton, Terry L. Weaver. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 174006 |
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