Michelle Manes

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Exercises Yes
Solutions Partial
Instructor’s guide Yes
License Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
  • Text to support a mathematics content course for future elementary teachers
  • PDF Version: 8 chapters, 449 pages
  • In-class activities to support active learning
  • Problem banks for more involved homework exercises
  • Partial solutions manual and instructor’s guide available upon request of the author
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This textbook is designed to support a two-semester mathematics content course sequence for future elementary teachers. Sections are designed to be worked through collaboratively in class with frequent investigations and think/pair/share activities. Each chapter ends with a problem bank of more in-depth homework exercises. The book emphasizes building students’ confidence and their ability to solve problems and explain mathematical ideas. It is in use throughout the University of Hawaii system and several other institutions around the United States.

Table of Contents

  1. Problem Solving
  2. Place Value
  3. Number and Operations
  4. Fractions
  5. Patterns and Algebraic Thinking
  6. Place Value and Decimals
  7. Geometry
  8. Voyaging on Hōkūle`a