Table of Contents: Introducing difficult mathematics topics in the elementary classroom

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Introducing difficult mathematics topics in the elementary classroom a teacher's guide to initial lessons /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gardella, Francis J.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2009.
Subjects:	Mathematics > Study and teaching (Elementary) Logic, Symbolic and mathematical > Study and teaching (Elementary) Curriculum planning. EDUCATION > Mathematics. > Teaching Methods & Materials Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

How children learn mathematics (and why it doesn't happen!)
Median : finding what's in the middle
Rounding : the mystery of "rounding up for 5"
Skipping multiplication (or at least through it)
Learning to use division
Fractions : what's it all about?
Fractions : adding unlike things? Impossible!
Fractions : dividing into small pieces?
Decimals : operations before rules
Measurement : make your own ruler
Area : skipping through the rows
Volume : it's like looking at an apartment house
Mean : how much does each get?
Percent : leveling the field of comparison
Order of operations? : an agreement? Did you get the memo?