"This is the second (revised) edition of the book published in 2010 under the same title. It reflects the author's experience teaching a graduate level mathematics content course for elementary teacher candidates at SUNY Potsdam since 2003. The book addresses a number of recommendations of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences for the preparation of teachers demonstrating how abstract mathematical concepts can be motivated by concrete...

Help second grade students improve critical-thinking and reasoning skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Focusing on one skill each week, students will use visual models, and solve multi-step, non-routine word problems.

Help first grade students improve critical-thinking and reasoning skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Focusing on one skill each week, students will use visual models, and solve multi-step, non-routine word problems.

The book details the insights on teachers' lesson plans for enhancing effective communication skills, particularly within the realm of English language teacher training, development, and practicum. It presents key concepts and strategies for improving communication skills in the classroom, as per the observations and experiences of the authors Doris Gertrudis Hawthorne Johnson, María de la Caridad Smith Batson and Michel Enrique Gamboa Graus. The...

"This book seeks to reinvigorate the teaching of writing by harkening back to the original principles of the writing workshop, offering teachers a meaningful way to teach children how to write with enthusiasm and expertise. The author argues that we must focus again on genuine curiosity, individual choice, big blocks of time, quality conversations, and powerful children's literature"--

"Effective teaching is a combination of technical skills and knowledge but good teachers also need to understand how children learn and how they can most effectively be taught. Engaging Primary Children in Mathematics explores the various strategies for engaging children in mathematical learning in light of theory and practice and encourages readers to think about their own classroom approach to the teaching of primary mathematics. The importance...

"The field of elementary social studies is a specific space that has historically been granted unequal value in the larger arena of social studies education and research. This reader stands out as a collection of approaches aimed specifically at teaching controversial issues in elementary social studies. This book challenges social studies education (i.e., classrooms, teacher education programs, and research) to engage controversial issues--those...