Mathematics for elementary teachers: a contemporary approach

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Now in its eighth edition, this text masterfully integrates skills, concepts, and activities to motivate learning. It emphasises the relevance of mathematics to help students learn the importance of the information being covered. This approach ensures that they develop a sold mathematics foundation and discover how to apply the content in the real world.

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Full title :Mathematics for elementary teachers : a contemporary approach / Gary L. Musser, William F. Burger, Blake E. Peterson.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:Eighth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (3,349 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470577165, 0470577169
oclc:on1097125575
LC Classification:QA39.3
Dewey Decimal:372.7044

FOR INSTRUCTORS -- FOR STUDENTS -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- About the Authors -- About the Cover -- Preface -- Unique Content Features -- Underlying Themes -- Course Options -- Summary of Changes to the Eighth Edition -- Pedagogy -- Summary of Pedagogical Changes to the Eighth Edition -- Key Features -- Supplements for Students -- Resources for Technology Problems -- Tutorials -- Webmodules -- Resources for the Instructor -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 -- Introduction to Problem Solving -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS AND STRATEGIES -- 1.2 THREE ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES -- END OF CHAPTER MATERIAL -- CHAPTER 2 -- Sets, Whole Numbers, and Numeration -- STRATEGY 7 -- Draw a Diagram -- INTRODUCTION -- 2.1 SETS AS A BASIS FOR WHOLE NUMBERS -- 2.2 WHOLE NUMBERS AND NUMERATION -- 2.3 THE HINDU-ARABIC SYSTEM -- 2.4 RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS -- END OF CHAPTER MATERIAL -- CHAPTER 3 -- Whole Numbers: Operations and Properties -- STRATEGY 8 -- Use Direct Reasoning -- INTRODUCTION -- 3.1 ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION -- 3.2 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION -- 3.3 ORDERING AND EXPONENTS -- END OF CHAPTER MATERIAL -- CHAPTER 4 -- Whole-Number Computation-Mental, Electr…