Finding your Math Power

Finding your Math Power: Concepts in Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers helps pre-service teachers become more effective problem-solvers so they can better teach their students. This manual features practical suggestions and tools that transcend rote procedures and emphasize methods that work best for students. After a brief history of math education and an examination of current standards, the book discusses different areas of instruction and how to teach them effectively. Target skills include sets and Venn diagrams, whole numbers, fractions and decimals, percent, integers, and real numbers. Readers learn various ways to approach and work through the problems to meet the varied needs of their students. The second edition features a new chapter on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division utilizing the Base 5 numeration system, fresh review problems throughout, and new problem-solving content in Chapter 7: Problem Solving Revisited. Finding your Math Power helps readers increase their abilities and embrace their math power. The book is appropriate for elementary and middle school education programs for pre-service teachers. It is also an excellent reference for teaching professionals seeking to improve their skills as math educators.