Topics in mathematics for elementary teachers : a technology-enhanced experiential approach

• Main Author: Abramovich, Sergei (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2023.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching (Elementary); Education > Teaching > Subjects > Mathematics.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy.; Educational: Mathematics and numeracy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806601226
• DOI: 10.1108/979-8-88730-516-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 233 pages) : illustrations

"This is the second (revised) edition of the book published in 2010 under the same title. It reflects the author's experience teaching a graduate level mathematics content course for elementary teacher candidates at SUNY Potsdam since 2003. The book addresses a number of recommendations of...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Partition of whole numbers: Reasoning with manipulatives and computational experiments
• Chapter 2. Combinatorial models: From experiment to theory
• Chapter 3. Early algebra with kid pix
• Chapter 4. Hidden mathematics of the multiplication table
• Chapter 5. Application of unit fractions to tessellations
• Chapter 6. Divisibility and prime numbers
• Chapter 7. Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio
• Chapter 8. From arithmetic sequences to polygonal numbers
• Chapter 9. The multiplication table revisited
• Chapter 10. Proof and proving
• Chapter 11. Computational problem solving and modeling
• Chapter 12. Numbers and operations in different bases
• Chapter 13. Programming details
• References
• Appendix: Some useful formulas. Author biography.