Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
About This Book
3 The Last Step A lot of people — from Polya to the writers of the Common Core State Standards and a lot of people in between — talk about problem solving in mathematics. One fact is rarely acknowledged, except by many professional mathematicians: Asking good questions is as valuable (and as difficult) as solving mathematical problems. After solving a mathematical problem and explaining your solution to someone else, it is a very good mathematical habit to ask yourself: What other questions can
| Category | mathematics |
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| Subject | Mathematical foundations |
| Year | 2023 |
| Authors | |
| Chapters | 39 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 3 The Last Step
- 7 Beware of Patterns!
- 8 Problem or Exercise?
- 10 Problem Bank
- 11 Even Numbers
- 12 Number Systems
- 13 Other Bases
- 14 Binary Numbers
- 15 Other Rules
- 16 Dots and Boxes
- 17 Introduction
- 18 Multiplication: Dots and Boxes
- 19 Subtraction: Dots and Boxes
- 20 Problem Bank
- 22 Properties of Operations
- 24 Number Line Model
- 26 Addition: Dots and Boxes
- 27 What is a Fraction? Part 3
- 28 Algebra Connections
- 29 Dividing Fractions: Problems
- 30 Problem Bank
- 34 Dividing Fractions: Meaning
- 35 Multiplying Fractions
- 36 What is a Fraction? Revisited
- 45 Careful Use of Language in Mathematics: =
- 46 Borders on a Square
- 50 Terminating or Repeating?
- 51 More x -mals
- 52 Division and Decimals
- 53 x-mals
- 54 Decimals
- 55 Review of Dots & Boxes Model
- 56 Orders of Magnitude
- 57 Problem Bank
- 58 Geometry in Art and Science
- 59 Problem Bank
- 60 Symmetry
- 66 Introduction
- 67 Navigation