Primary and Middle Years Mathematics, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (October 16, 2023) © 2024

  • John Van de Walle
  • Karen Karp
  • Jennifer M. Bay-Williams University of Louisville
  • Amy Brass
  • Sharyn Livy
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An Australian-adapted text that guides teachers to help all Foundation to Year 9 learners make sense of mathematics

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Primary and Middle Years Mathematics is designed to support Foundation to Year 9 teachers in implementing research-informed approaches for teaching mathematics. This comprehensive resource aims to enhance teachers' knowledge of effective teaching approaches, encompassing assessment for learning, understanding students' learning processes in mathematics, and addressing common misconceptions. Each chapter refers to the Australian Mathematics Curriculum and presents classroom-ready, hands-on problem-solving tasks specifically designed to challenge students' thinking and foster positive attitudes towards mathematics.

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  • SECTION 1: TEACHING MATHEMATICS: FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
  • Teaching mathematics in the 21st century
  • Exploring what it means to know and do mathematics
  • Teaching problem-based mathematics
  • Planning in the problem-based classroom
  • Creating assessments for learning
  • Teaching mathematics equitably to all students
  • SECTION 2: DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES
  • Developing early number concepts and number sense
  • Developing meanings for the operations
  • Developing basic fact fluency
  • Developing whole-number place-value concepts
  • Developing strategies for addition and subtraction computation
  • Developing strategies for multiplication and division computation
  • Algebraic thinking, equations and functions
  • Developing fraction concepts
  • Developing fraction operations
  • Developing concepts of decimals and percentages
  • Rations, proportions and proportional reasoning
  • Developing measurement concepts
  • Developing geometric thinking and geometric concepts
  • Developing concepts of analysis
  • Exploring concepts of probability
  • Exploring components, integers and real numbers
  • Appendix A: Australian Curriculum 9.0: Mathematics
  • Appendix B: Mapping the content to the Australian Curriculum
  • Appendix C: Mapping the content to the AITSL Standards
  • Appendix D: NCTM mathematics teaching practices: From Principles to Actions
  • Appendix E: Guide to the supplementary resources

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