Teaching Mathematics

Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Jo Boaler - Stanford researcher, professor of math education, and expert on math learning - has studied why students don't like math and often fail in math classes. She's followed thousands of students through middle and high schools to study how they learn and to find the most effective ways to unleash the math potential in all students.

Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur.

Upper elementary mathematics daily journal review and introductions to new math content including a plethora of mathematical vocabulary, prime and composite numbers, algebra, probability, and other mathematical problems. This math journal is designed with problems to be solved in the book with plenty of space to work out problems. Give it a try and see if you are smarter than a fifth grader.

Common Core is a set of new national education standards in the United States. Though the movement started at the state level, it is an attempt at creating a nationwide standardized curriculum for math and English literature for students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade. Common Core is important because almost all of the States have adopted its standards. This means that your child's curriculum for this upcoming school year will likely change.

AutoPilot Your Math Skills will teach the educator concepts of math. Major parts of teaching math to young children are certain philosophies to consider. This book will show and explain how to use these concepts in hands-on and cognitive activities. Furthermore, it will contain grades one to five of descriptive learning for the user to implement into his/her teaching.