Teaching student-centered mathematics. Grades K-3 /

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Author / Creator:Van de Walle, John A.
Imprint:Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2006.
Description:xxii, 378 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Van de Walle professional mathematics series ; v. 1
Van de Walle, John A. Van de Walle professional mathematics series ; v. 1.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5677242
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Other authors / contributors:Lovin, LouAnn H.
ISBN:0205408435
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-370) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Activities at a Glance
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Foundations of Student-Centered Instruction
  • How Children Learn and Understand Mathematics
  • Constructing Ideas
  • Understanding
  • Classroom Influences on Learning
  • Using Models in the Classroom
  • Teaching with Problems
  • Problem-Based Tasks
  • The Value of Teaching with Problems
  • A Three-Part Format for Problem-Based Lessons
  • Teachers' Questions about Problem-Based Teaching
  • Planning in a Problem-Based Classroom
  • Planning Problem-Based Lessons
  • Variations of the Three-Part Lesson
  • Diversity in the Classroom
  • Assessment in a Problem-Based Classroom
  • Appropriate Assessment
  • Rubrics and Their Uses
  • Diagnostic Interviews
  • Grading
  • Get Started
  • 2. Developing Early Number Concepts and Number Sense
  • Early Counting and Number
  • Early Number Sense
  • Relationships Among Numbers 1 Through 10
  • Relationships for Numbers 10 to 20
  • Numbers to 100: Early Introductions
  • Number Sense and the Real World
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 3. Developing Meaning for the Operations and Solving Story Problems
  • Addition and Subtraction
  • Teaching Addition and Subtraction
  • Problem Structures for Multiplication and Division
  • Teaching Multiplication and Division
  • More Thoughts About Children Solving Story Problems
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 4. Helping Children Master the Basic Facts
  • From Concepts and Strategies to Fact Mastery
  • Strategies for Addition Facts
  • Strategies for Subtraction Facts
  • Strategies for Multiplication Facts
  • Division Facts and "Near Facts"
  • Effective Drill
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 5. Base-Ten Concepts and Place Value
  • Children's Pre-Base-Ten Concepts
  • Goals of Place Value Development
  • Models for Place Value
  • Developing Place-Value Concepts and Procedures
  • Number Sense Development
  • Activities for Flexible Thinking
  • Helping Children Work with Money
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 6. Strategies for Whole-Number Computation
  • Toward Computational Fluency
  • Development of Invented Strategies: A General Approach
  • Invented Strategies for Addition and Subtraction
  • Traditional Algorithms for Addition and Subtraction
  • Invented Strategies for Multiplication
  • The Traditional Algorithm for Multiplication
  • Invented Strategies for Division
  • The Traditional Algorithm for Division
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 7. Geometric Thinking and Geometric Concepts
  • Geometry Goals for Your Students
  • Geometric Thought: Reasoning about Shapes and Relationships
  • Shapes and Properties Activities
  • Transformation Activities
  • Location Activities
  • Visualization Activities
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 8. Developing Measurement Concepts
  • The Meaning and Process of Measuring
  • Developing Measurement Concepts and Skills
  • Measuring Length
  • Measuring Area
  • Measuring Volume and Capacity
  • Measuring Weight and Mass
  • Measuring Time
  • Introducing Standard Units
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 9. Early Fraction Concepts
  • Sharing and the Concept of Fractional Parts
  • Models for Fractions
  • From Fractional Parts to Fraction Symbols
  • Fraction Number Sense
  • Equivalent-Fraction Concepts
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 10. Algebraic Reasoning
  • Repeating Patterns
  • Growing Patterns
  • Patterns with Numbers
  • Representing Ideas
  • Variables and Equations
  • Relations and Functions
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 11. Helping Children Use Data
  • Gathering Data to Answer Questions
  • Classification and Data Analysis
  • Graphical Representations
  • Describing a Set of Data
  • Expanded Lesson
  • 12. Early Experiences with Probability Concepts
  • Probability on a Continuum
  • Sample Spaces and Probability
  • Short-Run versus Long-Run Results
  • Expanded Lesson
  • Appendix A. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
  • Appendix B. A Guide to the Blackline Masters
  • References
  • Index