Each chapter presents specific topics, teaching strategies, and sample activities with an emphasis on conceptual knowledge and skill acquisition for both the teacher and the student. Since 1977, this text has been getting high praise for its innovative approach, its lively and accessible style, and for the way it effectively helps teachers become more effective and self-confident in their classrooms. Troutman and Lichtenberg include all the information needed in an elementary mathematics curriculum, plus new, research-based additions. With increased coverage of computers and their applications, the book is modern and appropriate for today's elementary teachers and teachers-in-training. This book should be of interest to pre-service teacher training, reference tool for in-service teachers.
Zero, our starting point. Getting ready for a good beginning: pre-number
concepts. ...100s, 10s, 1s... the best yet: our base-ten numeration system.
Better ways to use the best: addition and subtraction of whole numbers.
Better ways to use the best: multiplication and division. Some theory about
numbers: factors, multiples, primes, and composites. Not all numbers are
whole numbers: representing, adding, and subtracting rational numbers.
Security is knowing why: multiplying and dividing rational numbers.
Diagnosis, before and after: common mathematical difficulties. Putting it all
together: problem solving. The shape of things: geometric figures and
relationships. Seeing is believing: children's development of geometric
ideas. Before you teach measurement: attributes of measurement... the metric
system... expectations. Superstitious? Not us... Sizing it up: the
measurement of attributes. Making numbers count: organizing, representing,
and interpreting data. Calculators in the classroom: concepts and
computations. Computers and mathematics instruction: status and direction.
Appendices.
