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Rumsey, Chepina; Langrall, Cynthia W. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
The Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010) highlight the mathematical habits that educators should be fostering in mathematics classrooms throughout K-grade 12 education. That argumentation and discourse are important components of developing mathematically proficient…
Descriptors: Mathematics, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, Academic Standards
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Benson, Christine C.; Wall, Jennifer J.; Malm, Cheryl – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2013
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) call for an in depth, integrated look at elementary school mathematical concepts. Some topics have been realigned to support an integration of topics leading to conceptual understanding. For example, the third-grade standards call for relating the concept of area (geometry) to multiplication…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Geometric Concepts, Concept Formation
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Gregg, Jeff; Gregg, Diana Underwood – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2007
This article discusses the difficulties preservice teachers experience when they try to make sense of the standard long-division algorithm, describes a realistic context that we have found productive in helping our students think about why the algorithm works and the role of place value in the algorithm, and suggests the applicability of this…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education