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About this Book

Mathematics is one of the most misunderstood subjects in school. Everyone says you need it, but there is a cloud of anxiety and dread hovering over it, which is subconsciously passed on from generation to generation. This is not how it needs to be. Math for Elementary Teachers is designed to prepare future teachers to break this cycle.
The format of this book is very informal. You are a part of the discussion and discovery. Through this process, you will learn the mathematics at a deeper level and, consequently, will be comfortable teaching it. Features of the book include:
  • Printable, hands-on manipulatives;
  • Built-in exercises and activities throughout the sections to check your understanding of what you just read.
  • Classroom Connections and Teaching Tips that connect what you are learning to your future as a teacher.
  • Louisiana Student Standards for each section.
This work was adapted from Julie Harland’s Understanding Elementary Mathematics, a series of hands-on Workbook Modules.

In addition to the modification of Ms. Harland’s original work. The authors use an online course management and assessment system for mathematics called MyOpenMath. It is used primarily as a reinforcement and assessment tool. It includes instructional videos with homework assignments, with the option of their outcomes counting as a grade. Access to MyOpenMath content for this OER textbook can be found in the LMS course associated with it.

 

Amplify Classroom was also used to create virtual manipulative images for this book. It is also suggested to be used by students for online forum assignments in the LMS course. 
Visit Amplify Classroom for free lessons, lesson-building tools, and Polypad virtual manipulatives. The content of this textbook is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amplify or any of its licensors. Amplify®, Amplify Classroom™, and related trademarks are the property of Amplify Education, Inc. 

Student Learning Outcomes

The student learning outcomes for this book are as follows:

  • Utilizing different numbering and counting systems
  • Compute addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems using various strategies with or without technology.
  • Analyze and work proficiently with fractions, decimals, and percentages.
  • Explain the connection between the properties of natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers operations
  • Utilize number sense to estimate, solve, and check various problems involving different sets of numbers.
  • Apply problem-solving strategies to a variety of mathematical problems.
  • Be able to connect the current Louisiana Student Standards and NCTM standards to course content.
  • Express mathematical ideas clearly and correctly both orally and in writing, for purposes of mathematics instruction;

License

Math for Elementary Teachers Copyright © by Elizabeth Kelly. All Rights Reserved.

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