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Herbert P. Ginsburg – Teachers College Press, 2025
Explore young children's remarkable everyday math that can lay the groundwork for formal math education in kindergarten and beyond. Readers will learn how math is embedded in children's everyday lives, how daily routines contribute to the development of important math concepts, and what adults can do to foster the joy of early math learning.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Howett, Jerry – 2003
This book is designed to help students gain the range of math skills they need to succeed in life, work, and on standardized tests; overcome math anxiety; discover math as interesting and purposeful; and develop good number sense. Topics covered in this book include algebra and geometry. Lessons are organized around four strands: (1) skill lessons…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics Activities
American Book Company, 1891
This textbook is a course in elementary arithmetic. It stresses mental as well as written exercises. Addition and subtraction are first presented together, and later multiplication and division.
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Mathematics Activities
Kuhns, Catherine Jones – Crystal Springs Books, 2006
In this book, author Catherine Jones Kuhns introduces student- and teacher-friendly math activities designed to get students thinking like mathematicians and loving mathematics, while addressing content standards through grade 2. She also shows how to make math fun for students, get children actively engaged in learning, create a student-centered…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Probability, Data Analysis, Childrens Literature
Haven, Kendall F. – 1998
Any topic, math included, becomes more accessible and understandable when human stories are related about the development of the subject. Stories make subjects real and purposeful. They provide a foundation from which students can understand and appreciate mathematics rather than merely memorize a series of rote exercises. This book presents 16…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Activities
Mitchell, Robert P. – 2003
This book is designed to help students gain the range of math skills they need to succeed in life, work, and on standardized tests; overcome math anxiety; discover math as interesting and purposeful; and develop good number sense. Topics covered in this book include measurement and data analysis such as measuring distance, space, time, capacity,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Analysis, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Murphy, Pat; Lambertson, Lori; Tesler, Pearl – 2003
This book offers games and mathematics activities using a hands-on approach for middle school students and features games, puzzles, experiments, and projects. Contents include: (1) "Boxed In!"; (2) "Oddball"; (3) "Pig"; (4) "Madagascar Solitaire"; (5) "Fantastic Four"; (6) "Eratosthenes' Sieve"; (7) "Hopping Hundred"; (8) "Tic-Tac-Toe Times"; (9)…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education
Apelman, Maja; King, Julie – 1993
This book focuses on everyday math and parent involvement. It is divided into three parts and contains activities that help teachers involve parents in everyday math. Part I, Getting Started, describes the organization of the book and includes a curriculum chart. Part II, Involving Parents, discusses how children learn math and strategies for…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Parent Participation
Phillips, Jan – 2003
This book is designed to help students gain the range of math skills they need to succeed in life, work, and on standardized tests; overcome math anxiety; discover math as interesting and purposeful; and develop good number sense. Topics covered in this book include whole numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Lessons are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, General Mathematics
Breunlin, R. James; Kasper, Timothy A.; Kolet, Michelle; Letzel, Kendra; Letzel, Thomas; Noah, John; Schutte, Jennifer; Williams, Bob; Zickert, Chris – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
This book is the result of the collaborative effort of nine AYA National Board Certified Teachers in Mathematics. Experiencing Mathematics, is a compilation of teacher-tested activities that prompt high school students to explore, conjecture and reflect on their mathematical adventures--thus "experience mathematics." The relevant nature of the…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Student Motivation, Cognitive Psychology, Mathematics Education
Hoyt, Cathy Fillmore – 2003
This book features a comprehensive review of the Math Sense series and is designed to help students gain the range of math skills they need to succeed in life, work, and on standardized tests; overcome math anxiety; discover math as interesting and purposeful; and develop good number sense. Topics covered in this book include whole numbers;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Skills