The importance of definitions in mathematics: zero

1967 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 379-382
Author(s):  
Claire M. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Thought ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
Future Work

The elementary school mathematics teacher has an important job—that of laying the foundation for his pupils' future work in mathematics. However, in his efforts to teach mathematics so that children understand the concepts behind their work, there may be a tendency to overlook the fact that all ideas in mathematics cannot be justified. The very nature of mathematical thought is such that there are some basic ideas we must agree to accept.

A critical assessment of published tests for elementary school mathematics

1974 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
L. Ray Carry
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Instructional Objectives ◽  
Average Student ◽  
Criterion Referenced

This paper is intended as an aid to the elementary school mathematics teacher who uses published tests for evaluating student achievement in e lementary school mathematics. (“Published tests” jn this paper refers to standardized tests and to published criterion-referenced tests.) Often teachers must administer to their students tests that do not directly assess the teacher's objectives. The almost certain outcome of such a procedure is that average student achievement is revealed to be unexpectedly low. Such an outcome may result in pressure to modify the instructional objectives so that instruction becomes consistent with the behaviors assessed by the achievement tests. Over a period of years this process could lead to a situation where mathematics course objectives are in effect determined by test content. Stated tritely perhaps, but accurately, we could end up “with the cart before the horse.”

Teaching Mathematics with Technology: How to Win People and Influence Friends: Calculators in the Primary Grades

1992 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 42-44
Author(s):  
Virginia Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Primary Grades ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Future Work

Administrators want the best educational program for their schools, and they want parents to support that program. Parents want the very best for their children in everything, including mathematics education. They remember arithmetic as the mainstay of elementary school mathematics and want their children to acquire the computational skills that they see as necessary for everyday life and future work.

scholarly journals Pendampingan Pembuatan dan Penggunaan Alat Peraga Dakota Pada Pembelajaran FPB dan KPK

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Ana Istiani ◽  
Yunni Arnidha
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Elementary Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics

The application of character learning to elementary mathematics requires certain techniques. In the mathematics of elementary school teachers should use abstract media. Problems that arise in elementary school mathematics teacher in Kecamatan Negeri Katon is lack of knowledge in using props, in this case on FPB material and KPK. In addition, teachers are still confused in choosing the props that should be used on every learning material. To overcome this is used DAKOTA props that can facilitate students' understanding in learning FPB and KPK materials. The method used in this devotion is the making of DAKOTA props using rigid boards. From the results of this devotion activity obtained the spirit of mathematics teachers and the emergence of ideas to make props on other learning materials.

Let's Do It!:Using geostrips and “angle-fixers” to develop ideas about shapes and angles

1975 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-268
Author(s):  
James V. Bruni ◽  
Helene Silverman
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Geometric Shapes ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Geometric Concepts ◽  
Basic Ideas

Geometry is an important, excitig part of elementary school mathematics. Children can be involved in relating mathematics to shapes in their environment. The activities described here suggest one way to help children develop some basic ideas about simple closed shapes, angles, and triangles. By constructing models of geometric shapes and physically transforming those models, children can examine the changes that occur with a transformation. This can help organize and synthesize thinking about basic geometric concepts. It can also serve as a foundation and a springboard for activities involving the use of a ruler, compass, or protractor.

Research Report: Profile of Expertise in Elementary School Mathematics Teaching

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Gaea Leinhardt ◽  
Ralph R. Putnam
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Expert Teachers ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics

Over the last five years considerable interest and research have been generated about the contrast between novice and expert teachers of elementary school mathematics. Researchers hope that making this contrast will reveal important insights into the nature of expertise—what it means to be an expert mathematics teacher.

Mathematics of measurement

1966 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-287
Author(s):  
James R. Smart ◽  
John L. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Major Topic ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Wide Applicability ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
The University

Measurement is a major topic in elementary school mathematics, appearing in every grade from one through eight. The importance of measurement is indicated not only by its wide application in everyday life, but also because its basic ideas are studied in mathematics classes through the graduate level of the university. Despite the wide applicability of measmcment and its continuous appearance in the curriculum, there is a great gulf between how the practical man measures, reports his measurements, and judges their preciseness, and the mathematician's convention for dealing with measurements.

What Every Elementary School Mathematics Teacher Should Read-Twenty-two Opinions

1985 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 40-43
Author(s):  
Lowell Leake
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
New Teachers ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Desert Island ◽  
The Subject

If you could own only ten book on the teaching of elementary school mathematics, which would you choose? If your school's library suddenly acquired enough money to buy ten such books, which would you recommend? Which ten books on the subject would you suggest that new teachers purchase for their personal libraries? Such questions are more limited versions of the old idea of deciding which ten books you would want if you were marooned on a desert island.

Eliciting Student Thinking in Elementary School Mathematics Classrooms

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Franke ◽  
Noreen M. Webb ◽  
Angela Chan ◽  
Dan Battey ◽  
Marsha Ing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Student Thinking ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Classrooms
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