Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years.

The committee identifies five interdependent components of mathematical proficiency and describes how students develop this proficiency. With examples and illustrations, the book presents a portrait of mathematics learning:

Research findings on what children know about numbers by the time they arrive in pre-K and the implications for mathematics instruction.
Details on the processes by which students acquire mathematical proficiency with whole numbers, rational numbers, and integers, as well as beginning algebra, geometry, measurement, and probability and statistics.

The committee discusses what is known from research about teaching for mathematics proficiency, focusing on the interactions between teachers and students around educational materials and how teachers develop proficiency in teaching mathematics.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 LOOKING AT MATHEMATICS AND LEARNING
2 THE STATE OF SCHOOL MATHEMATICS IN THE UNITED STATES
3 NUMBER: WHAT IS THERE TO KNOW?
4 THE STRANDS OF MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENCY
5 THE MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE CHILDREN BRING TO SCHOOL
6 DEVELOPING PROFICIENCY WITH WHOLE NUMBERS
7 DEVELOPING PROFICIENCY WITH OTHER NUMBERS
8 DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENCY BEYOND NUMBER
9 TEACHING FOR MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENCY
10 DEVELOPING PROFICIENCY IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS
11 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

About the Author:

Jeremy Kilpatrick, Jane Swafford, Bradford Findell, Editors; Mathematics Learning Study Committee, National Research Council

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Store Description

BooksRun helps to save money on textbooks. We are committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. Please pay close attention to the description of the book and its condition you are ordering. If you have any questions or issues, please make sure to contact us first so we could resolve them. All orders are shipped on the same or the next business day. It usually takes 1 to 5 business days to receive your item if you choose expedited shipping. All orders submitted are eligible for a return within 30 days after the delivery. Thanks for shopping with us!

Visit Seller's Storefront