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Teaching Mathematics to All Children: Designing and Adapting Instruction to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners » (2nd Edition)

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Authors: Benny F. Tucker
ISBN-13: 9780131175747, ISBN-10: 0131175742
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Benny F. Tucker

Book Synopsis

With the composition of today's classroom in mind, this book approaches teaching and planning elementary mathematics by using methods that accommodate the diverse learning needs of any student having difficulties with basic math concepts.

The authors use personal experience and research that supports a complete set of developmental concepts and skills to outline the effective development of mathematical concepts and skills. It stresses lesson planning that will result in learning, understanding, and retaining important concepts and skills.

K-12 Special Education and General Education Teachers.

Table of Contents

1Instructional activities : the building blocks for effective instruction1
2Diversity in the classroom : variations of individual needs11
3Lesson design : creating lessons that meet the needs of a diverse classroom29
4Beginnings : mathematics learning in early childhood45
5Whole numbers and numeration : naming and writing quantity65
6Adding and subtracting whole numbers : combining and separating quantities91
7Multiplying and dividing whole numbers : combining equal-sized groups and separating quantities into equal-sized groups135
8Fractions : working with units smaller than one195
9Decimals and percents : working with base-ten units smaller than one and using hundredths as a common denominator241
10Measurement : assigning a number to a quantity277
11Geometry : learning the names and characteristics of shapes321
12Data analysis and probability : getting information from data and measuring likelihood351
13Effective practice : games and activities for practice and fun385

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