Introducing difficult mathematics topics in the elementary classroom [ a teacher's guide to initial lessons

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardella, Francis J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2009
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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500 |a Description based on print version record 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p 153) and index 
505 0 |a 1. How children learn mathematics (and why it doesn't happen!) -- 2. Median : finding what's in the middle -- 3. Rounding : the mystery of "rounding up for 5" -- 4. Skipping multiplication (or at least through it) -- 5. Learning to use division -- 6. Fractions : what's it all about? -- 7. Fractions : adding unlike things? Impossible! -- 8. Fractions : dividing into small pieces? -- 9. Decimals : operations before rules -- 10. Measurement : make your own ruler -- 11. Area : skipping through the rows -- 12. Volume : it's like looking at an apartment house -- 13. Mean : how much does each get? -- 14. Percent : leveling the field of comparison -- 15. Order of operations? : an agreement? Did you get the memo? 
650 0 |a Curriculum planning 
650 0 |a Logic, Symbolic and mathematical   |x Study and teaching (Elementary) 
650 0 |a Mathematics   |x Study and teaching (Elementary) 
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