User-friendly math for parents : learning and understanding the language of numbers is key /: learning and understanding the language of numbers is key. (2017)
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- Book
- Title:
- User-friendly math for parents : learning and understanding the language of numbers is key /: learning and understanding the language of numbers is key. (2017)
- Main Title:
- User-friendly math for parents : learning and understanding the language of numbers is key
- Further Information:
- Note: Catheryne Draper.
- Authors:
- Draper, Catheryne
- Contents:
- Preface; Foreword; Introduction ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: Definition ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Getting a Grip on Number Sense ; Number Freedom; Flexibility Through Composition and Decomposition of Numbers; How Counting Can Make or Break Number Sense; Ducks, Gauss, and George; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">2. The Map of Number Symbol Territory ; The Shapes of Reading Numbers; Is Subitizing About Another Shape to Recognize?; Alphabet of Letters and Alphabet of Digits; Writing Numbers and Reading Symbolism; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">3. An Evolution of Number and Naming Rights ; Counting (Natural), and Whole Numbers; Integers and Other Positive and Negative Absurd Numbers; Rational Numbers Include Fractions and Other Number Comparisons; Politics of Rational and Unutterable Irrational Numbers; Infinity, Googol, and Other Very Large Ideas; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: Organization ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Classify First ; Three Is Not Red; Classification as an Essential Skill; Different Classifications Lead to Increased Flexibility; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Whence Came Place Value? ; Digits Continue to be the Alphabet for Numbers; Some Cautionary Tales About Learning Place Value; Classifying by Size for Place Value; Transitioning to Place Value Record-Keeping; Charles&rsquo; Overlays; Decimals Continue the Same Organization, Just Smaller; KeepPreface; Foreword; Introduction ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: Definition ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Getting a Grip on Number Sense ; Number Freedom; Flexibility Through Composition and Decomposition of Numbers; How Counting Can Make or Break Number Sense; Ducks, Gauss, and George; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">2. The Map of Number Symbol Territory ; The Shapes of Reading Numbers; Is Subitizing About Another Shape to Recognize?; Alphabet of Letters and Alphabet of Digits; Writing Numbers and Reading Symbolism; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">3. An Evolution of Number and Naming Rights ; Counting (Natural), and Whole Numbers; Integers and Other Positive and Negative Absurd Numbers; Rational Numbers Include Fractions and Other Number Comparisons; Politics of Rational and Unutterable Irrational Numbers; Infinity, Googol, and Other Very Large Ideas; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: Organization ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Classify First ; Three Is Not Red; Classification as an Essential Skill; Different Classifications Lead to Increased Flexibility; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Whence Came Place Value? ; Digits Continue to be the Alphabet for Numbers; Some Cautionary Tales About Learning Place Value; Classifying by Size for Place Value; Transitioning to Place Value Record-Keeping; Charles&rsquo; Overlays; Decimals Continue the Same Organization, Just Smaller; Keep in Mind ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">; 6. The Number Line Brings Numbers to Order; First, Last, and In Between &ndash; The Nature of Order; Repetition of Pattern in Sequential Order; A Place for Everything; Keep in Mind; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: Relationships and Patterns ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">7. Pattern Ancestors ; Repeating Patterns; Growing Patterns; Ancestors of Figurate Numbers and Other Growing Patterns; Patterns Inside EquivalencesExpressing Ancestral Rules as Algebra Relationships; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">8. Balance of Relationships and Patterns ; Flexibility Within Balance; Balance in Fraction Equivalences; Decimal Numbers Are Connections to the Other Side; Finding Patterns With ViewfindersKeep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">9. Number Personalities ; Even and Odd Numbers; Prime and Composite Numbers; Positive and Negative Integers; Numbers Can Have Multiple Number Personalities; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part IV: Connections; 10. Place Value LegaciesExponents and Logarithms ; Location Matters; Reciprocals: A Location and an Inverse; Who Moved My Decimal?; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">11. Ratio: The Comparison Effect ; Predicaments Around Understanding Fraction as a Ratio Notation; Ratio Pairs Can Make Proportions; Percentage: A Location and a Rate; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">12. More Order From the Number Line ; Number Lines Are Everywhere; Coordinate Axes; More Coordinate Connections; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Conclusion: What Parents Can Do ; Ask Questions; Advocate for Number Sense; Find Your Math Voice; Keep in Mind ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Glossary; References; About the Author … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 513.2
Numeration
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Parent participation - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781475834215
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- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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