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Helps teachers and prospective teachers understand how children learn mathematics and shows how to teach mathematics successfully. Material is based on the premise that teachers first must become competent and confident learners of mathematics. Features adult-level mathematical problems, interdisciplinary lesson plans, journal writing prompts, sample performance-based assessments, and activities to use in the classroom for pre-K through grade 8. Includes a list of NCTM standards. The author is affiliated with the State University of New York-New Paltz.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

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This book is written to help prospective teachers of preschool through grade 8 understand how children in these grades learn mathematics and how they themselves might teach mathematics. It is based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards 2000 and grounded in the belief that before one can become a confident and competent teacher of mathematics, one must first become a competent and confident learner of mathematics.

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This book is written to help prospective teachers of preschool through grade 8 understand how children in these grades learn mathematics and how they themselves might teach mathematics. It is based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards 2000 and grounded in the belief that before one can become a confident and competent teacher of mathematics, one must first become a competent and confident learner of mathematics.

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