Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach, 6/e
Albert B. Bennett, Jr.,
University of New Hampshire L. Ted Nelson,
Portland State University
ISBN: 0072532947 Copyright year: 2004
What's New
Changes to the text:
New to the 6th edition are several sample pages from actual elementary school texts that show the close relationship between some of the content and processes in the Bennett/Nelson texts and the elementary school curriculum.
New to the 6th edition are numerous statements from Standards 2000, strategically placed throughout the text to highlight recommendations for teaching mathematics with conceptual understanding.
New to the 6th edition are statements from research about learning and teaching mathematics in elementary and middle schools that suggest good practices and show some of the common learning difficulties of students.
Chapter 7, Statistics, has been modified to more effectively serve the needs of teachers and students who use the text.
Revisions/additions to the OnLine Learning Center:
Writing/Discussion Problems. Correlated directly to the 34 sections of the text, these exercises raise classroom teaching issues and require explanations of mathematical concepts.
Chapter Tests. Chapter-level tests will be available online in both PDF format (in case a professor would like to simply print and use the tests), and in Word.doc format (for those professors who would like to remove questions, or add test questions of her/his own to better suit their needs of a particular classroom).
Calculator Tutorial. Graphing calculator instruction for those professors who would like to incorporate such material into their work with future elementary teachers.
Sketchpad Tutorial. Sketchpad instruction for those professors who would like to incorporate such material into their work with future elementary teachers.
Spreadsheets Tutorial. Spreadsheet instruction for those professors who would like to incorporate such material into their work with future elementary teachers.
Digital Manipulative Kit. A new, digitally interactive version of the Bennett/Nelson manipulative kit will be provided on the Bennett/Nelson Online Learning Center. It may be used to carry out the same activities as can the printed manipulative kit (which will itself not only remain available, but now have its shapes perforated in the cardstock, so students may avoid the tedium of removing the shapes with scissors).
11 Chapter Level Interactive Mathematics Applets. Eleven brand-new interactive mathematics applets are provided to demonstrate challenging, but ultimately fun mathematical concepts. Interactivities include: Tower of Hanoi, Deciphering Ancient Numeration Systems, Analysis of Star Polygons, Taking a Chance, Competing at Place Value, Building Bell-Shaped Distributions, Door Prizes, Cross Sections, Filling 3-D Shapes, and Creating Escher-type Tesselations.
Math Investigator. The Math Investigator software that accompanies and illustrates many of the Math Investigations available on the Bennett/Nelson Online Learning Center has been updated with a new design for Web-based platforms to demonstrate the same popular operations it did for previous editions.
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