More than 350,000 students have prepared for teaching mathematics with A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers since its first edition, and it remains the gold standard today. This text not only helps students learn the material by promoting active learning and developing skills and concepts-it also provides an invaluable reference to future teachers by including professional development features and discussions of today's standards. The Eleventh Edition is streamlined to keep students focused on what is most important. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been integrated into the book to keep current with educational developments. The Annotated Instructor's Edition offers new Integrating Mathematics and Pedagogy (IMAP) video annotations, in addition to activity manual and e-manipulative CD annotations, to make it easier to incorporate active learning into your course. MyMathLab(R) is available to offer auto-graded exercises, course management, and classroom resources for future teachers. To see available supplements that will enliven your course with activities, classroom videos, and professional development for future teachers, visit www.pearsonhighered.
com/teachingmath
Table of Contents:
1. An Introduction to Problem Solving
1-1 Mathematics and Problem Solving
1-2 Explorations with Patterns
1-3 Reasoning and Logic: An Introduction
2. Numeration Systems and Sets
2-1 Numeration Systems
2-2 Describing Sets
2-3 Other Set Operations and Their Properties
3. Whole Numbers and Their Operations
3-1 Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers
3-2 Algorithms for Whole-Number Addition and Subtraction
3-3 Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers
3-4 Algorithms for Whole-Number Multiplication and Division
3-5 Mental Mathematics and Estimation for Whole-Number Operations
4. Number Theory
4-1 Divisibility
4-2 Prime and Composite Numbers
4-3 Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple
Online Module: Clock & Modular Arithmetic
5. Integers
5-1 Integers and the Operations of Addition and Subtraction
5-2 Multiplication and Division of Integers
6. Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning
6-1 The Set of Rational Numbers
6-2 Addition, Subtraction, and Estimation with Rational Numbers
6-3 Multiplication and Division of Rational Numbers
6-4 Ratios, Proportions, and Proportional Reasoning
7. Decimals: Rational Numbers and Percent
7-1 Introduction to Decimals
7-2 Operations on Decimals
7-3 Nonterminating Decimals
7-4 Percents and Interest
8. Real Numbers and Algebraic Thinking
8-1 Real Numbers
8-2 Variables
8-3 Equations
8-4 Functions
8-5 Equations in a Cartesian Coordinate System
Online Module: Using Real Numbers in Equations
9. Probability
9-1 How Probabilities Are Determined
9-2 Multistage Experiments with Tree Diagrams and Geometric Probabilities
9-3 Using Simulations in Probability
9-4 Odds, Conditional Probability, and Expected Value
9-5 Using Permutations and Combinations in Probability
10. Data Analysis/Statistics: An Introduction
10-1 Designing Experiments/Collecting Data
10-2 Displaying Data: Part I
10-3 Displaying Data: Part II
10-4 Measures of Central Tendency and Variation
10-5 Abuses of Statistics
11. Introductory Geometry
11-1 Basic Notions
11-2 Linear Measure
11-3 Curves, Polygons, and Symmetry
11-4 More About Angles
Online Module: Networks
12. Congruence and Similarity with Constructions
12-1 Congruence through Constructions
12-2 Other Congruence Properties
12-3 Other Constructions
12-4 Similar Triangles and Similar Figures
Online Module: Trigonometry Ratios via Similarity
13. Congruence and Similarity with Transformations
13-1 Translations and Rotations
13-2 Reflections and Glide Reflections
13-3 Dilations
13-4 Tessellations of the Plane
Online Appendices
Spreadsheets
Graphing calculators
Geometer’s Sketchpad
GeoGebra
