Emphasizing conceptual understanding through the use of models and visuals, this text helps students connect ideas and concepts while providing them with useful methods for teaching math to elementary school children. Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach addresses the NCTM standards by encouraging active student participation through features such as “Math Activities” and “Math Investigations.” The “Math Investigations” now appear on the companion website.
Preface
To Students
1 Problem Solving
2 Sets, Functions, and Reasoning
3 Whole Numbers
4 Number Theory
5 Integers and Fractions
6 Decimals: Rational and Irrational Numbers
7 Statistics
8 Probability
9 Geometric Figures
10 Measurement
11 Motions in Geometry
Bibliographies by Sections
Answers to Selected One-Page Math Activities
Answers to Puzzlers
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems and Chapter Tests
Credits
Index