What’s happened to the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division you learned in school? And why are your children talking in math class and sharing answers?
In friendly, jargon-free language, It’s Elementary: A Parent’s Guide to K–5 Mathematics not only decodes current teaching practices but also demystifies the fundamental concepts that your children need to understand to be successful math learners—and you need to grasp to help them. Illustrated with numerous examples of real students’ classroom work, It’s Elementary shows you how children progress in their mathematical thinking from simple counting techniques to sophisticated strategies for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals. You will discover why—
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Joy Whitenack is an associate professor of mathematics education at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. She teaches undergraduate and graduate mathematics courses for future elementary teachers and for practicing teachers planning to become math coaches. Her research interests include children's number sense, teacher learning, and tea
More about Joy WhitenackJoy Whitenack is an associate professor of mathematics education at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. She teaches undergraduate and graduate mathematics courses for future elementary teachers and for practicing teachers planning to become math coaches. Her research interests include children's number sense, teacher learning, and tea
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