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This best-selling K-8 math methods text has the most coverage of the NCTM standards, the strongest coverage of middle school mathematics, and the highest student approval of any other text on the market.

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics provides an unparalleled depth of ideas and discussion to help students develop a real understanding of the mathematics they will teach. John Van de Walle is one of the foremost experts on how children learn mathematics, and 80 percent of students keep his book for reference when they enter the classroom. The text reflects the NCTM Principles and Standards and the benefits of constructivist—or student-centered—mathematics instruction. Moreover, it is structured for maximum flexibility, offering 24 brief, compartmentalized chapters that may be mixed and matched to fit any course or teaching approach.

• Four-color design—only text on the market.

• The most coverage of the 2000 NCTM Principles and Standards on the market. This text provides a textual discussion (Ch. 1), the actual Content and Teaching standards (App. A, B), and references throughout the text, denoted by a (NEW!) NCTM marginal icon.

• The numerous activities found in every content chapter are problem-based tasks that engage students in doing mathematics. The activities help make this book a resource as well as a textbook.

• Widely admired pedagogy includes “Big Ideas,” which provide clear and succinct exploration of the most critical concepts in mathematics; “Literature Connections” that offer strategies for teaching math through specific children's literature; and “Assessment Notes” that show how assessment is an integral part of instruction.

• Stronger coverage of middle school mathematics topics than any other book on the market.

• TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE— “Technology Notes” in every chapter provide a focused discussion of how computer software can help (or hinder!) mathematics teaching; See also Ch. 8, “Technology and School Mathematics.”

• NEW! “Content Connections” feature in the content chapters includes brief descriptions of other content areas in mathematics that are related to the content of the current chapter. These highlight the connections between content topics.

• NEW! NCTM icons appear in nearly every chapter and point explicitly to the alignment of this book with the NCTM Principles and Standards through excerpts and commentary.

• NEW! Reform Curricula: “Investigations in Number, Data, and Space and Connected Mathematics” features spotlight two examples of popular reform curricula for the K-5th and 5th-8th grade markets, respectively. These reform curricula excerpts occur in nearly every chapter in Part II and include an actual activity and provide a description to acquaint students with these materials, reflecting the spirit of the NCTM Standards and the constructivist theory in the book.

• NEW! “Stop and Reflect” features indicate places throughout the book to pause and become truly engaged with an idea.

• NEW! A separate Field Experience Guide for students features reproducible handout masters, grids, questionnaires, activities, and other resources students can use during their field experiences. (ISBN: 0-205-39453-1)

• REVISED! The inclusion chapter (Ch. 7) has been thoroughly revised and enhanced to include more in-depth coverage of multicultural issues and ethnomathematics, as well as other issues related to special needs.

• REVISED! The technology chapter (Ch. 8) has been enhanced to show the most cutting-edge technology for elementary mathematics teaching, including online tools, such as NCTM's e-standards, and available computer programs and electronics.

• REVISED! The geometry chapter (Ch. 20) is completely revised to reflect the four goals of the NCTM Standards—Shapes and Properties, Transformations, Location, and Visualization.

• Chapter 6, “Planning in a Problem-Based Curriculum,” includes a new step-by-step guide for planning student-centered lessons. A distinction between practice and drill provides a new perspective on the issue of drill.

I. TEACHING MATHEMATICS: FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES.

II. DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES.

Math Methods (Middle School)  (Curriculum & Instruction)
Mathematics Methods (Elementary)  (Curriculum & Instruction)

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  California Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (with MyEducationLab), 7/E
  Van de Walle, Karp & Bay Williams
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 600 pp | Instock (Additional assembly time required)
  ISBN-10: 0136103685 | ISBN-13: 9780136103684
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This leading K-8 math methods text has the most coverage of the NCTM Standards, the strongest coverage of middle school mathematics, and the highest student approval of any text currently available.

   

  This special California edition of the seventh edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally includes a correlation guide to California’s state standards. In this section preceding Chapter 1, the California Standards for the Teaching Profession are correlated to primary headings of chapters one through seven of the textbook. The Part II content area chapters of the book contain numerous activities. These activities in chapters 8 through 23 have been correlated to the Mathematics Content Standards for California Public Schools. Novice teachers will find this guide helpful when planning for standards-based mathematics instruction to support student learning.

   

  The California Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics:  Teaching Developmentally provides an unparalleled depth of ideas and discussion to help students develop a real understanding of the mathematics they will teach. This text reflects the NCTM Principles and Standards and the benefits of constructivist–or student-centered–mathematics instruction. It is structured for maximum flexibility, offering 23 brief, compartmentalized chapters that may be mixed and matched to fit any course or teaching approach.  Practical and concise, it offers readers a strong theoretical perspective of how children learn mathematics and then shows them the best way to teach it. 

   

  The text is organized into two sections.  The first section introduces trends in mathematics education and the process of doing mathematics.  It then develops the core ideas of learning, teaching, planning, and assessment.  Additional perspectives on mathematics for special children and the role of technology are also discussed.  Chapters 3 and 4 are the most critical as they describe the constructivist view of learning and how it is applied as well as what it means to teach through problem solving. 

   

  Section II serves as the application of the core ideas in Section I.  Chapters on every major area of content in the K-8 mathematics curriculum are included.  Numerous problem-based activities to engage students are interwoven with a discussion of the mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content.   The appendices at the end of the book provide additional information on the Principles and Standards of the NCTM, the Professional Standards, and Guides for Blackline Masters and suggestions for use of construction materials. 

   

  Both a comprehensive textbook and a reference as students begin their teaching careers; Van de Walle’s book will help teachers and students alike to find the excitement that happens when mathematics makes sense.

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  Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, 7/E
  Van de Walle, Karp & Bay-Williams
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205573525 | ISBN-13: 9780205573523
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This leading K-8 math methods text has the most coverage of the NCTM Standards, the strongest coverage of middle school mathematics, and the highest student approval of any text currently available.

   

  Elementary and Middle School Mathematics:  Teaching Developmentally provides an unparalleled depth of ideas and discussion to help students develop a real understanding of the mathematics they will teach. This text reflects the NCTM Principles and Standards and the benefits of constructivist—or student-centered—mathematics instruction. It is structured for maximum flexibility, offering 23 brief, compartmentalized chapters that may be mixed and matched to fit any course or teaching approach.  Practical and concise, it offers readers a strong theoretical perspective of how children learn mathematics and then shows them the best way to teach it. 

   

  The text is organized into two sections.  The first section introduces trends in mathematics education and the process of doing mathematics.  It then develops the core ideas of learning, teaching, planning, and assessment.  Additional perspectives on mathematics for special children and the role of technology are also discussed.  Chapters 3 and 4 are the most critical as they describe the constructivist view of learning and how it is applied as well as what it means to teach through problem solving. 

   

  Section II serves as the application of the core ideas in Section I.  Chapters on every major area of content in the K-8 mathematics curriculum are included.  Numerous problem-based activities to engage students are interwoven with a discussion of the mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content.   The appendices at the end of the book provide additional information on the Principles and Standards of the NCTM, the Professional Standards, and Guides for Blackline Masters and suggestions for use of construction materials. 

   

  Both a comprehensive textbook and a reference as students begin their teaching careers; Van de Walle’s book will help teachers and students alike to find the excitement that happens when mathematics makes sense.

   

   

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  Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (with MyEducationLab), 7/E
  Van de Walle, Karp & Bay-Williams
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136101429 | ISBN-13: 9780136101420
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This leading K-8 math methods text has the most coverage of the NCTM Standards, the strongest coverage of middle school mathematics, and the highest student approval of any text currently available.

   

  Elementary and Middle School Mathematics:  Teaching Developmentally provides an unparalleled depth of ideas and discussion to help students develop a real understanding of the mathematics they will teach. This text reflects the NCTM Principles and Standards and the benefits of constructivist–or student-centered–mathematics instruction. It is structured for maximum flexibility, offering 23 brief, compartmentalized chapters that may be mixed and matched to fit any course or teaching approach.  Practical and concise, it offers readers a strong theoretical perspective of how children learn mathematics and then shows them the best way to teach it. 

   

  The text is organized into two sections.  The first section introduces trends in mathematics education and the process of doing mathematics.  It then develops the core ideas of learning, teaching, planning, and assessment.  Additional perspectives on mathematics for special children and the role of technology are also discussed.  Chapters 3 and 4 are the most critical as they describe the constructivist view of learning and how it is applied as well as what it means to teach through problem solving. 

   

  Section II serves as the application of the core ideas in Section I.  Chapters on every major area of content in the K-8 mathematics curriculum are included.  Numerous problem-based activities to engage students are interwoven with a discussion of the mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content.   The appendices at the end of the book provide additional information on the Principles and Standards of the NCTM, the Professional Standards, and Guides for Blackline Masters and suggestions for use of construction materials. 

   

  Both a comprehensive textbook and a reference as students begin their teaching careers; Van de Walle’s book will help teachers and students alike to find the excitement that happens when mathematics makes sense.

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  Texas Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, 7/E
  Van de Walle, Karp & Bay Williams
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0137025084 | ISBN-13: 9780137025084
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This leading K-8 math methods text has the most coverage of the NCTM Standards, the strongest coverage of middle school mathematics, and the highest student approval of any text currently available.

   

  This special Texas edition of the seventh edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally includes a correlation guide to Texas’ state standards. In this section, which precedes Chapter 1, the Texas Mathematics Generalists EC — 6 standards are correlated to primary headings of every chapter of the textbook. The Part II content area chapters of the book contain numerous activities. These activities in chapters 8 through 23 have been correlated to the TEKS. Novice teachers will find this guide helpful when planning for standards-based mathematics instruction to support student learning.

   

  The new Texas Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics:  Teaching Developmentally  will uniquely help pre-service and practicing teachers in the state of Texas connect the math methods and content they will use on a daily basis to the state standards they will be responsible for meeting in their first classrooms. As with previous editions of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics this new edition provides an unparalleled depth of ideas and discussion to help students develop a real understanding of the mathematics they will teach. This text aslo reflects the NCTM Principles and Standards and the benefits of constructivist—or student-centered—mathematics instruction. It is structured for maximum flexibility, offering 23 brief, compartmentalized chapters that may be mixed and matched to fit any course or teaching approach.  Practical and concise, it offers readers a strong theoretical perspective of how children learn mathematics and then shows them the best way to teach it. 

   

  The text is organized into two sections.  The first section introduces trends in mathematics education and the process of doing mathematics.  It then develops the core ideas of learning, teaching, planning, and assessment.  Additional perspectives on mathematics for special children and the role of technology are also discussed.  Chapters 3 and 4 are the most critical as they describe the constructivist view of learning and how it is applied as well as what it means to teach through problem solving. 

   

  Section II serves as the application of the core ideas in Section I.  Chapters on every major area of content in the K-8 mathematics curriculum are included.  Numerous problem-based activities to engage students are interwoven with a discussion of the mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content.   The appendices at the end of the book provide additional information on the Principles and Standards of the NCTM, the Professional Standards, and Guides for Blackline Masters and suggestions for use of construction materials. 

   

  Both a comprehensive textbook and a reference as students begin their teaching careers; Van de Walle’s book will help teachers and students alike to find the excitement that happens when mathematics makes sense.

   

  NEW!  Revised Chapter 5 on assessment--Discusses increased testing pressure and accountability, adds more information on equitable assessments, creates more explicit links between objectives and assessment, and includes assessments for students with special needs.

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  Texas Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (with MyEducationLab), 7/E
  Van de Walle, Karp & Bay Williams
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 624 pp | Instock (Additional assembly time required)
  ISBN-10: 0136103677 | ISBN-13: 9780136103677
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This leading K-8 math methods text has the most coverage of the NCTM Standards, the strongest coverage of middle school mathematics, and the highest student approval of any text currently available.

   

  This special Texas edition of the seventh edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally includes a correlation guide to Texas’ state standards. In this section, which precedes Chapter 1, the Texas Mathematics Generalists EC – 6 standards are correlated to primary headings of every chapter of the textbook. The Part II content area chapters of the book contain numerous activities. These activities in chapters 8 through 23 have been correlated to the TEKS. Novice teachers will find this guide helpful when planning for standards-based mathematics instruction to support student learning.

   

  The new Texas Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics:  Teaching Developmentally  will uniquely help pre-service and practicing teachers in the state of Texas connect the math methods and content they will use on a daily basis to the state standards they will be responsible for meeting in their first classrooms. As with previous editions of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics this new edition provides an unparalleled depth of ideas and discussion to help students develop a real understanding of the mathematics they will teach. This text aslo reflects the NCTM Principles and Standards and the benefits of constructivist–or student-centered–mathematics instruction. It is structured for maximum flexibility, offering 23 brief, compartmentalized chapters that may be mixed and matched to fit any course or teaching approach.  Practical and concise, it offers readers a strong theoretical perspective of how children learn mathematics and then shows them the best way to teach it. 

   

  The text is organized into two sections.  The first section introduces trends in mathematics education and the process of doing mathematics.  It then develops the core ideas of learning, teaching, planning, and assessment.  Additional perspectives on mathematics for special children and the role of technology are also discussed.  Chapters 3 and 4 are the most critical as they describe the constructivist view of learning and how it is applied as well as what it means to teach through problem solving. 

   

  Section II serves as the application of the core ideas in Section I.  Chapters on every major area of content in the K-8 mathematics curriculum are included.  Numerous problem-based activities to engage students are interwoven with a discussion of the mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content.   The appendices at the end of the book provide additional information on the Principles and Standards of the NCTM, the Professional Standards, and Guides for Blackline Masters and suggestions for use of construction materials. 

   

  Both a comprehensive textbook and a reference as students begin their teaching careers; Van de Walle’s book will help teachers and students alike to find the excitement that happens when mathematics makes sense.

   

  NEW!  Revised Chapter 5 on assessment--Discusses increased testing pressure and accountability, adds more information on equitable assessments, creates more explicit links between objectives and assessment, and includes assessments for students with special needs.

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	Preface with Walkthrough of Features (pdf)

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Praise for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics.

“Overall, this book is an excellent resource for those who are investigating the teaching of mathematics at the elementary and middle school levels…Above all, the emphasis on student-centered problem solving is consistent with current trends and practices. This book is unique in that it challenges assumptions and traditional practices.”
Katherine Chamberlain, Lycoming College

“I have used Van de Walle since it came on the market and still feel it is, by far, the best available! The layout is excellent. The philosophical basis of the text is superb-It's easy to read by both undergraduates and graduate students in that it makes connections between their experiences and the philosophical foundations. Three major strengths include the references to the NCTM Standards, inclusion of algebraic thought at all grade levels, and the continued development of the same themes and philosophical foundations.”
Tim Whiteford, Trinity College of Vermont

“ [One] of the major reasons why Van de Walle's text is so useful…is the text's involvement of the reader in the development of ‘mathematical reasoning.’ It creates a thinker.”
Timothy Touzel, Coastal Carolina University

New to the Fifth Edition

• Inspired by one of the five process standards in the NCTM Principles and Standards', Content Connections is a new feature that highlights the connections between content areas in mathematics in various chapters.
• NCTM icons appear in nearly every chapter and point explicitly to the alignment of this book with the NCTM Principles and Standards through excerpts and commentary.
• Investigations in Number, Data, and Space and Connected Mathematics features spotlight examples of these two popular reform curricula for the K-5 and 6-8 grade levels, respectively. These excerpts occur in every chapter in Section 2, include an activity from the program along with a description of the surrounding content. The purpose is to acquaint students with materials reflecting the spirit of the NCTM Standards and the constructivist philosophy of the book.
• Stop and Reflect features indicate places throughout the book to pause and become truly engaged with an idea.
• Chapter 6, Planning in a Problem-Based Curriculum- includes a new step-by-step guide for planning student-centered lessons. A distinction between practice and drill provides a new perspective on the issue of drill.
• The Geometry chapter (Ch. 20) is completely revised to reflect the four goals of the NCTM Standards—Shapes and Properties, Transformations, Location, and Visualization.
• Coverage of multicultural issues and ethnomathematics, as well as other issues related to special needs have been updated to reflect current trends and research (Ch. 7).
• The technology chapter (Ch. 8) reflects the most current technology available for teaching elementary mathematics, including online applets, such as those found in NCTM's e-Standards, and other Web-based resources.

About the Author
John A. Van de Walle is Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University. As a mathematics education consultant, he regularly works with K-8 teachers and in elementary school classrooms, and has taught mathematics to children at all levels, K-8. He is also a co-author of the Scott Foresman,Addison Wesley Mathematics K,6 series.

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