Helping Children Learn Mathematics [with Color Tile Manipulatives]

by Robert E. Reys, Marilyn N. Suydam, Mary M. Lindquist

Now in its ninth edition, this book helps equip teachers with the necessary skills, strategies, and activities that are essential for them to have when they are in their own elementary math classes. It incorporates the latest NCTM Curriculum Focal Points as well as the latest guidelines from professional organizations, such as the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics. The In the Classroom feature now includes masters of materials, games boards, and more on the accompanying Web site. Examples of authentic artifacts from real classrooms with analysis questions are presented. A new chapter on number theory is also included for teachers, which examines topics that are now emphasized in many of the states’ standards for elementary students.

Genres: Teaching, Education, Textbooks, Mathematics

784 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Mathew Walls · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm reading chapter two right now and its description of behaviourism is just completely wrong. It also keeps giving examples of "wrong" ways to do things without actually justifying those judgements or providing examples of the "right" ways to do them instead. Like "rote learning has no place in school mathematics" - well how do you learn to count, add or multiply without rote learning? Serious question; I don't have the first clue, and this book seemingly has no interest in enlightening me.