Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities (5^th Ed.)

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Empowering Tomorrow’s Math Teachers

Mathematics for Future Elementary Teachers, 5^th Edition connects the foundations of teaching elementary math and the “why” behind procedures, formulas and reasoning so students gain a deeper understanding to bring into their own classrooms. Through her text, Beckmann teaches mathematical principles while addressing the realities of being a teacher.  With in-class collaboration and activities, she challenges students to be actively engaged.  An inquiry-based approach to this course allows future teachers to learn through exploration and group work, leading to a deeper understanding of mathematics. Known for her contributions in math education, Sybilla Beckmann writes the leading text for the inquiry approach–in Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities, students engage, explore, discuss, and ultimately reach a true understanding of mathematics. Beckmann’s text covers the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) now implemented in most states. However, states not following Common Core will not find the information intrusive in the text.

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1. Numbers and the Base-Ten System

2. Fractions and Problem Solving

3. Addition and Subtraction

4. Multiplication

5. Multiplication of Fractions, Decimals, and Negative Numbers

6. Division

7. Ratio and Proportional Relationships

8. Number Theory

9. Algebra

10. Geometry

11. Measurement

12. Area of Shapes

13. Solid Shapes and Their Volume and Surface Area

14. Geometry of Motion and Change

15. Statistics

16. Probability

Sybilla Beckmann is the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia. She received her PhD in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and taught at Yale University as a J. W. Gibbs Instructor of Mathematics. Her early research was on Arithmetic Geometry, but her current research is in mathematical cognition, education of teachers and mathematics content for students at all levels, but especially for PreK through the middle grades. She has developed mathematics courses for prospective elementary and middle grades teachers at the University of Georgia and wrote this book for such courses. She is interested in helping college faculty learn to teach mathematics courses for elementary and middle grades teachers, and she works with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows toward that end. A member of the writing teams for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and for NCTM’s Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten Through Grade 8 Mathematics, she has worked on the development of several state mathematics standards. She was a member of the Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics of the National Research Council and coauthor of its report Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity. She has also been a member on a number of other national panels and committees working to improve mathematics education. Several years ago she taught an average 6th grade mathematics class every day at a local public school in order to better understand school mathematics teaching. Sybilla has won numerous awards including the Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education for the Association of Women in Mathematics and the Mary P. Dolciani Award from the Mathematical Association of America.

Sybilla enjoys playing piano, singing, dancing, and traveling with her family. She and her husband, Will Kaz

About the Book 

Teaches students to know more than just how, but to be able to explain why.

• Organization Around Operations instead of different types of numbers which provides two key advantages.
  • A more advanced, unified perspective, which emphasizes that a given operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) retains its meaning across all the different types of numbers.
  • Fractions, decimals, and percents—traditional weak spots—can be studied repeatedly throughout a course, rather than only at the end. The repeated coverage of fractions, decimals, and percents allows students to gradually become used to reasoning with these numbers, so they aren’t overwhelmed when they get to multiplication and division of fractions and decimals.
• Emphasizes key concepts and principles, and guides prospective teachers in giving explanations that draw on these key concepts and principles. In this way, teachers will come to organize their knowledge around the key concepts and principles of mathematics so they will be able to help their students do likewise.
• Addresses the eight CCSSM Standards for Mathematical Practice as well as covering the CCSM content standards. A Common Core icon at the beginning of a section indicates that a section addressed at a particular grade level. New CCSS references in the margin indicates that content within the section address the specific standard(s) noted. Common Core standards have also been noted on every activity. These icons and the Common Core material have been designed to not be a distraction for states that have not adopted the CCSSM.
• Visual representations, including number lines, double number lines, strip diagrams (also known as tape diagrams), and base-ten drawings are used repeatedly throughout the book and help