The last chapter is an integrated unit that focuses on the Hawaiian culture. The book includes three sections at the end of the problem solving chapter in which the author articulately explains the language that mathematicians use to succinctly and precisely explain their problem solving and solutions. These sections will help students who may not think of themselves as mathematicians learn to think like mathematicians.
So many mathematics textbooks are full of exercises but no true problems. On the other hand, this text is full of wonderful problem solving and critical thinking problems that are embedded in the sections as well as in the problem banks. The constructivist approach used by the author will help students build deep understanding about the mathematics covered in the text.
While there is some room for revision and improvement, this is a very good text to use with elementary education majors, and I definitely plan to use this book the next time I teach them. This textbook seems to be appropriate for the first course typically taught for elementary teachers which usually includes topics of problem solving, place value, number and operations.
Most books are able to be used for a second course which Most books are able to be used for a second course which focuses on geometry. This book could not be used for the second course. Topics are somewhat static for a course like this, so the textbook will not become obsolete within a short period of time.
This book could definitely be used for a first course of elementary math for teachers with the teacher providing resources. As with many open books, the print and layout is very simple without cluttering pages with unnecessary items. This text covers many concepts appropriately; however, a few concepts are missing, such as; data analysis and statistics. For more than ten years, data-driven instruction has been a major focus in education along with many other uses. This text The content is well organized and accurate.
Multiple representations and diverse examples are provided throughout the text which supports an unbiased approach to those entering elementary education. The text is quite relevant to the classroom today, incorporating such resources as YouTube, varied strategies to promote differentiated instruction, scaffolding between concepts, and problem-solving opportunities.
Some states may find issues with Common Core standards being addressed; however, mathematical practices could be interchanged with the "standards. The text is consistent in its structure; color is not distracting, problems, strategies, diagrams, charts, and definitions are provided throughout. The text is appealing with the page layout; it's not too busy or distracting.
Colors are attractive and text is broken down into appropriate amounts. The text has charts, pictures, diagrams, real-world examples throughout; several different versions of the text are offered too.
The text provides a variety of backgrounds, races, and ethnicities while providing learning experiences and pedagogical approaches to support student engagement and learning. This text covers place value, numbers and operations, fractions, patterns, algebraic thinking, decimals, and geometry. However, elementary teachers are expected to also know and understand statistics and probability.
This text does not address This text does not address this mathematical concept. The text makes non-traditional, yet, accurate representations of mathematical concepts. In some sections, different solutions are presented and explained. This eliminates bias and provides a diverse representation of ideas when solving math problems. The text is representative of common core problem-solving standards, however, it does require mathematical knowledge beyond elementary school.
The problem-solving nature of the text is very relevant to elementary pre-service and in-service teachers the audience for the book. The text language is clear and accessible. There is a section on terminology, which is very helpful. Additional diagrams would help to improve the clarity in some cases. I was expecting to see videos embedded throughout, after seeing them in the first section. It would be great to have a consistent format throughout the text, however, I understand that it is not always feasible to do so.
The chapters and subchapters can be easily accessed, breaking the material into smaller sections. The topics were presented in a logical, clear fashion, however, not all of the chapters would end with a problem bank. In some cases, there were additional sections after the problem bank.
It would be great if each section included key objectives or goals of the section. The text comes in pdf, XML, and an online web version. The search feature on the online version was a valuable addition. Cultural awareness was very obvious in this text. While it was more relevant to Hawaiian culture, it also included cultural awareness of other cultures and backgrounds. Overall, this text assumes that the student has successfully completed mathematics through basic calculus. There should be more support in this area, as some elementary math students are not prepared to complete problems with this focus.
This a great "discussion" text. This text covers the areas applicable to elementary mathematics extremely well with the exception of omitting probability and data analysis and provides graphically visual boxes within the text to define terms and instructional strategies.
Additionally, the text provides thinking routines that support understanding more than just the concept, but also, the how's and why's of conceptual understanding. The content is accurate and organized in a way to supports student learning for those training to become elementary teachers of mathematics.
The content of the book is relevant to today's elementary classroom in that it provides future elementary educators with the content knowledge, but also pedagogical approaches that would support student learning.
Additionally, the text is organized in a way that is consistent and provides scaffolding support for those who might struggle with any one of the concepts.
For Minnesota standards the only item of note is that there is not a section devoted to probability or data analysis, but the latter is touched upon in other chapters. There are three mentions of the Common Core standards in the text.
Minnesota is not an adopter of the CC mathematics standards, but the references to the CCSS are in regards to the practices of mathematics and not on standards specifically. While a great text for training future math teachers, this book does not read as a "typical" mathematics textbook. Students who have struggled in the past with mathematics might find the authors' writing style to be approachable and accessible for all levels of mathematics competence and confidence.
The text is consistent in its terminology and the structure of the framework is uniform throughout, relying on supporting student learning through exercises, think-pair-share activities, and continuous dialog and reflection.
A majority of the chapters begin with a section that introduces the strand of elementary mathematics covered. Not all chapters have this introduction which may pose challenging to interrupt the mathematical progression of some established courses.
The text is graphically rich with succinct advanced organizers, diagrams, and photos to support learning. A variety of races, ethnicities, and backgrounds are present in the exercises used to support student learning throughout. This was something that really made this text stand out in that it gave future elementary teachers an example of using mathematical concepts in authentic and exciting learning experiences.
This Polynesian voyage would provide many students with an introduction to life culturally different from their own. I have been a STEM educator for more than two decades and I come from a long line of mathematics educators.
While wrapping up my reading of this text, I happened to have my father a 46 year veteran mathematics educator here visiting. I shared the text with him and several times I heard him utter, "I like the way this problem is set up". We both found the book to be very knowledgeable for mathematical conceptual understandings, but even more so for introducing ideas for instructional strategies and classroom discourse to help future teachers become equipped with speaking the "language of mathematics" to guide their future students.
This book will help you to understand elementary mathematics more deeply, gain facility with creating and using mathematical notation, develop a habit of looking for reasons and creating mathematical explanations, and become more comfortable exploring unfamiliar mathematical situations. The primary goal of this book is to help you learn to think like a mathematician in some very specific ways.
You will develop and demonstrate this skill by working on difficult problems, making incremental progress, and revising solutions to problems as you learn more. You will demonstrate this skill by learning to represent situations using mathematical notation abstraction as well as creating and testing examples making situations more concrete.
You will be expected to create both written and verbal explanations for your solutions to problems. Throughout the book, you will learn how to learn mathematics on you own by reading, working on problems, and making sense of new ideas on your own and in collaboration with other students in the class. Content Accuracy rating: 5 This text is very accurate and informative using a variety of felicitous examples to suit a diverse student population.
Clarity rating: 4 Content material was presented in an easy to understand prose. Consistency rating: 5 Terminologies and framework are consistent throughout the text. Modularity rating: 4 This text has easily divisible content as stand alone subunits. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 I did not spot any grammatical errors in this text.
Cultural Relevance rating: 5 This content material contains no recognizable cultural insensitivity.
Comments I truly love the concise format of this text and how many different examples it uses to explain the concepts. Content Accuracy rating: 5 The mathematics content provided in this text is accurate and provides thorough examples of teaching elementary mathematics for pre-service teachers. Clarity rating: 4 This text provides explanations and defines mathematical terminology and has accessible prose.
Consistency rating: 5 The text is well-organized and consistent with terminology throughout. Modularity rating: 4 This book is an easy read and may be easily broken up for weekly reading assignments and reflections.
Interface rating: 4 This book is very easily navigated. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 The text is free from grammatical errors. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 This text is not culturally offensive in any way. Comments This textbook has a solid foundation and is well-organized for it's intended audience, the elementary mathematics pre-service teacher.
Content Accuracy rating: 5 Content was found to be accurate, error-free and unbiased. Clarity rating: 4 The language of the text is well-written, accessible and clear. Consistency rating: 5 The text is internally consistent in terms of its own terminology, framework and graphics. Interface rating: 5 Minimal issues involving interface were observed. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 This text is largely free from grammatical errors.
Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. Comments This textbook has a solid structure and great flow, I thoroughly enjoyed reviewing this textbook.
Content Accuracy rating: 3 The content is error-free however some of the images included on the PDF version are blurry and hard to read. Clarity rating: 3 This text is written in a way unique way that makes it easier for students to read through and follow. Consistency rating: 3 The text is written with consistent terminology however the framework for each chapter is not consistent.
Modularity rating: 3 The text is divided into smaller reading sections however the titles of each section are not easily recognized by students. Interface rating: 2 Navigation throughout the text is fine however, there are noticeable differences between the online and PDF versions of the text.
Grammatical Errors rating: 5 I did not notice grammatical errors. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The connection to the Hawaiian culture was a nice touch. Comments I would use this text as a reference but would not adopt this book as the main text for my class. Content Accuracy rating: 3 I agree the content is accurate, but in many areas the learner must have a very strong understanding of mathematical concepts, structures, and applications.
Clarity rating: 3 Once again, the book is okay in terms of math learning but dated on best practice approaches. Consistency rating: 4 Yes the book is consistent throughout. Modularity rating: 3 The text is divisible, just not relevant to today nor provides current approaches.
Interface rating: 2 The text provides a variety of interfaces, none of which are confusing for the student who has a very strong math background. Grammatical Errors rating: 4 I did not notice any grammar errors. Cultural Relevance rating: 3 I think the text is culturally appropriate. Comments The text is outdated. Content Accuracy rating: 5 The content was very accurate.
Clarity rating: 5 The book is written in a very clear and concise way that is approachable to future and current elementary teachers. Consistency rating: 5 Each chapter in the book includes an introduction, multiple opportunities for think-pair-share discussions, and several problem sets to practice.
Modularity rating: 5 The book uses a modular approach to present the material. Interface rating: 5 I did not find anything distracting or confusing in relation to the interface of the text. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 I did not find any grammatical errors in the text. Cultural Relevance rating: 5 In my opinion, this was one of the biggest strengths of this text.
Comments I am glad that I came across this resource. Content Accuracy rating: 4 While the core topics presented are correct, the number of problems that are provided without any solutions is alarming. Clarity rating: 3 The book's prose seem to be more of a teaching guide than a textbook.
Consistency rating: 5 The author has a consistent voice of teaching and presenting the material. Modularity rating: 2 The break-up of the text with boxes is difficult to follow the purpose of each box. Interface rating: 3 There are several pages that have large blank parts or are totally blank.
Grammatical Errors rating: 5 There are a few minor issues that would be resolved with a good proofread. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The book does seem to be written with the Hawaiian culture in mind. Comments The book's title suggests a full discussion of the topics that elementary education pre-service teachers would need to know and teach, but this book is very lacking in the topics required for this.
Content Accuracy rating: 5 I find the mathematics to be entirely accurate. Clarity rating: 5 This book is very clear, with mathematical words in bold and proper definitions provided. Consistency rating: 5 This book is consistently laid out, with multiple examples, problems to try, and diagrams to support the transfer of information.
Modularity rating: 5 This book is entirely modular. Interface rating: 5 The book is extremely easy to navigate, with a logical structure to the table of contents that you can easily click through. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 I could not find any errors. Comments I was excited to find this book in the Open Educational Resources library. Content Accuracy rating: 5 The content, mathematical diagrams and depictions are accurate and error-free.
Clarity rating: 5 The text is written in accessible prose and provides context for jargon and technical terminology. Consistency rating: 5 The text is written with consistent terminology. Modularity rating: 4 The text is easily divided into smaller reading sections. Interface rating: 4 The interface is easy to navigate since the content clearly outlines chapters and the topics within them.
Grammatical Errors rating: 5 This text is free from grammatical errors. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 This text is not culturally insensitive or offensive and includes examples from the Hawaiian culture.
Content Accuracy rating: 5 The content of the text is accurate and represented in a variety of formats to support learning, Not only does it provide solutions to problems, but also the mathematical thinking behind those solutions.
Clarity rating: 5 The text is written in a conversational tone. Consistency rating: 5 The text is organized consistently from chapter to chapter. Modularity rating: 5 The table of contents and chunking of content in the chapters is logical and clear. Interface rating: 5 This text is easy to navigate. Grammatical Errors rating: 4 There were no obvious grammatical errors. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The text is culturally inclusive. Comments This would be a wonderful text to use as a supplement or compliment to an elementary math methods course.
Content Accuracy rating: 4 While the book is not error free, it is unbiased. Clarity rating: 5 The textbook is clearly written and enjoyable to read Consistency rating: 4 Overall, the text is consistent in its chapter structure and terminology use.
Interface rating: 4 With only a few exceptions, the images it the text are clear. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 No grammatical errors were noted. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The text was culturally sensitive and nothing offensive was noted. Comments The book includes three sections at the end of the problem solving chapter in which the author articulately explains the language that mathematicians use to succinctly and precisely explain their problem solving and solutions.
Content Accuracy rating: 4 Content seems to be accurate. Clarity rating: 4 Appears to be clear. Consistency rating: 4 The flow from topic to topic is consistent in presentation. Modularity rating: 4 Divided into clear sections. Interface rating: 5 Easy to navigate with clear images and other items such as tables. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 Book is written in simple language and appears to be free of grammatical errors.
Cultural Relevance rating: 4 Appears to be culturally diverse. Comments This book could definitely be used for a first course of elementary math for teachers with the teacher providing resources. Content Accuracy rating: 5 The content is well organized and accurate.
Consistency rating: 5 The text is consistent in its structure; color is not distracting, problems, strategies, diagrams, charts, and definitions are provided throughout. Modularity rating: 5 The text is appealing with the page layout; it's not too busy or distracting. Interface rating: 5 The text has charts, pictures, diagrams, real-world examples throughout; several different versions of the text are offered too.
Grammatical Errors rating: 5 No grammatical errors were observed in my review of the text. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The text provides a variety of backgrounds, races, and ethnicities while providing learning experiences and pedagogical approaches to support student engagement and learning.
Sybilla is actively involved in helping prospective teachers understand and appreciate the mathematics they will teach. Several years ago, Dr. Beckmann taught daily at an average sixth grade math class at a local public school in order to better understand teaching mathematics at the school level.
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Description An inquiry-based approach to this course allows future teachers to learn through exploration and group work, leading to a deeper understanding of mathematics. Full-color design makes the figures and activities come alive, helping students learn the material. Activities are now part of the text rather than appearing in a separate manual. The new single-volume format reinforces how the context and activities go hand-in-hand to promote full comprehension of the material.
The single volume will be a valuable resource for this course and beyond. Content is carefully chosen and organized to showcase more than just how to do the math, but to go further and explain why. The table of contents is organized according to operation instead of by number type, making the learning process more intuitive and giving students a more unified understanding of the math.
Unique content in Algebra Chapter 9 introduces US teachers to the impressive diagrammatic method presented in grades 3—6 math texts in Singapore, where children earn the top math scores in the world. This method helps students make sense of, and solve, a variety of algebra and other word problems without using variables. The text helps students see the relationship between the Singapore Method and standard algebraic problem-solving methods.
More focus on middle school with more emphasis on geometry, probability, statistics and algebra. Beckmann helps make the connection between the math concepts students are currently learning and their future elementary classrooms.
As a member of the writing committee for the final Common Core State Standards CCSS document, Beckmann indicates when relevant CCSS topics are addressed throughout to provide a context for what most states will be expecting from future teachers.
These are indicated with an icon for easy reference. Practice Exercises give students the opportunity to try out problems. Solutions appear immediately after the Practice Exercises providing students with many examples of the kinds of good explanations they should learn to write.
Problems are opportunities for students to explain the mathematics they have learned, without being given an answer in the text. Problems are typically assigned as homework. Answers are available in the Instructor's Solutions Manual. Problem 6P. Problem 7P:. Explain why the bagged and loose toothpicks pictured in Figure 1.
Problem 8P. Problem 9P. Problem 10P. Empowering Tomorrow's Math Teachers Mathematics for Future Elementary Teachers, 5th Edition connects the foundations of teaching elementary math and the "why" behind procedures, formulas and reasoning so students gain a deeper understanding to bring into their own classrooms.
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