Fostering Children's Mathematical Power: An Investigative Approach To K-8 Mathematics Instruction by Arthur Baroody
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Fostering Children's Mathematical Power
Summary
This guide aims to help teachers achieve the capability to foster children's mathematical power. The investigative approach attempts to foster mathematical power by making mathematics instruction process-based, understandable and relevant to everyday life.
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Table of Contents
Prologue - Understanding This Teaching Guide and the Role of Affect in the Teaching-Learning Process; Fostering Mathematical Power - the Need for Purposeful, Inquiry-Based and Meaningful Instruction; Processes of Mathematical Inquiry - Problem Solving, Reasoning and Communicating; Fostering and Evaluating Meaningful Learning - Making Connections and Assessing Understanding; Basic Mathematical Tools - Numbers and Numerals; Introducing Arithmetic - Understanding the Whole-Number Operations and Mastering the Basic Number Combinations; Understanding Base-Ten, Place-Value Skills - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic with Multidigit Numbers; Thinking with Whole Numbers - Number Sense, Estimation and Mental Computation; Exploring Numbers Further - Number Theory and Integers and Operations on Integers; Working with Parts of a Whole and Other Meanings of Rational Numbers and Common Fractions; Understanding Operations on Common Fractions; Place-Value Representations of Fractional Parts - Decimal Fractions, Decimals and Operations on Decimals; Comparing Quantities Fairly - Ratios, Proportions and Percent; Making Sense of Information and Using it to Make Everyday Decisions - Statistics and Probability; The Mathematics of Our Environment - Geometry and Spatial Sense; Sizing Up Things - Measurement and Measurement Formulas; The Transition from Arithmetic to Algebra - Prealgebra and Functions; Reflections on Teaching - Organizing Instruction to Enhance Mathematical Power, Professional Development and Epilogue; Appendices.
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CIN0805831053G
9780805831054
0805831053
Fostering Children's Mathematical Power: An Investigative Approach To K-8 Mathematics Instruction by Arthur Baroody
Used - Good
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Inc
19980901
612
N/A
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