- Paperback: 478 pages
- Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 4 edition (July 17 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0801332532
- ISBN-13: 978-0801332531
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#36,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #30 in Books > Professional & Technical > Education > By Level > Middle School
- #72 in Books > Professional & Technical > Education > Specific Skills > Mathematics
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This best-selling text helps students make sense of mathematics and become confident in their ability to teach mathematics to children K to 8. It thoroughly discusses the new NCTM Standards and clearly develops four key aspects of teaching mathematics-the nature of mathematics as a science of pattern and order; an understanding of how children learn mathematics; a problem solving view of teaching mathematics; and specific methods for integrating assessment with instruction. The 16 content chapters reflect the view that all mathematics can be taught through a problem-solving approach that motivates students and builds their confidence as they learn. Elementary and Middle School Mathematics includes an astonishing wealth of activities, as well as the pedagogical features developed in previous editions.
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John A. Van de Walle has written a book that helps readers make sense of mathematics and become confident in their ability to teach mathematics to children K to 8. Elementatry and Middle School Mathematics consists of 16 chapters reflecting the view that all mathematics can be taught through a problem-solving approach that motivates children and builds their confidence as they learn. This book thoroughly discusses the new standards and clearly develops four key aspects of teaching mathematics: the nature of mathematics as a science of pattern and order; an understanding of how children learn mathematics; a problem solving view of teaching mathematics; and specific methods for integrating assessment with instruction. Simple yet effective classroom activities are woven throughout the chapters as well as suggestions for technology and literature. For teachers, future teachers, and educators. nt Code -- F
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Must have!,
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This review is from: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (Paperback)
If you learned math from traditional methods or algorithms, you must read this book. Math today is so different from how I learned it. This book explains how and why math has changed so much. I recommend it to teachers and parents alike. The author explains how to teach math using problem-solving. The method makes so much more sense than traditional mathematics. The book is filled with activities for every math concept and age that are easy to find, read, and use without much prep or prop. It also has ideas and resources for including literature and technology into math class.I find it highly valuable as a 3rd year teacher of fifth grade. My district uses the Visual Math program, and this book has helped me understand why visual math works much more than any inservice. I have the fifth edition as a textbook for a methods class, and I'll never leave home without it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
good book for teachers,
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This review is from: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (Paperback)
This book is a great book for teachers. I learned a lot through it. And I know you will too.
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4.1 out of 5 stars (51 customer reviews) 44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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Must have!,
By D. Groves "Working Mom" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (Paperback)
If you learned math from traditional methods or algorithms, you must read this book. Math today is so different from how I learned it. This book explains how and why math has changed so much. I recommend it to teachers and parents alike. The author explains how to teach math using problem-solving. The method makes so much more sense than traditional mathematics. The book is filled with activities for every math concept and age that are easy to find, read, and use without much prep or prop. It also has ideas and resources for including literature and technology into math class.I find it highly valuable as a 3rd year teacher of fifth grade. My district uses the Visual Math program, and this book has helped me understand why visual math works much more than any inservice. I have the fifth edition as a textbook for a methods class, and I'll never leave home without it. 26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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a must have for any elementary - middle school math teacher,
By K. Harrison "mathnerd" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (Paperback)
This book has not only taught me to teach math effectively but it has changed the way I understand mathematic concepts as well. I was taught math walking step by step through each chapter in a text book, learning skills and not concepts, learning algorithms rather than developing logical reasoning strategies. Van De Walle has suited me as a textbook for myself and a resource for curriculum planning in my sixth grade math class. I am so thankful to have stumbled into this text - it has been a life saver!
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Elementary and Middle School Mathematics,
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This review is from: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (Paperback)
The book is good and has many useful ideas and activities for math instruction. The rub is that Amazon doesn't give you the access code which is required to link to a website which contains blackline masters, etc. Their customer service staff is friendly but ineffective in resolving this issue and the publisher doesn't seem to know what to do about it either. Very frustrating! At $120+ for the book, I wouldn't have expected to have these hassles and, ultimately, remain dissatisfied.
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