Annotated Bibliography for Teachers
"Math Word Problems Demystified" - Word problems are the most difficult part of any math course - and the most important to both the SATs and other standardized tests. This book teaches proven methods for analyzing and solving any type of math word problem.
"Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction" - One of the best things about this book are the cds that comes along with it. They provide a remarkable inside look at students and teachers in real classrooms implementing the teaching and learning strategies described in the text. Children's Mathematics was written to help you understand children's intuitive mathematical thinking and use that knowledge to help children learn mathematics with understanding.
"Thinking Mathematically: Integrating Arithmetic and Algebra in Elementary School" - In this book the same author team of "Children's Mathematics" takes teaching and learning mathematics to the next level, revealing how children's developing knowledge of the powerful unifying ideas of mathematics can deepen their understanding of arithmetic and provide a solid foundation for learning algebra. This book also shows how teachers can increase their own knowledge of mathematics in the process of interacting with their children and reflecting about their practice.
"Arithmetic for Parents: A Book for Grownups about Children's Mathematics" - Aharoni illuminates the inner workings of arithmetical algorithms, making the logic clearer even to someone who is well practiced in math. He offers a glimpse into the minds of children, explaining how to break down arithmetic into bite-size pieces appropriate for students who need or want to see the exact process in order to make sense of it.
"Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics" - This book describes the nature and development of the "profound understanding of fundamental mathematics" that elementary teachers need to become accomplished mathematics teachers, and suggests why such teaching knowledge is much more common in China than the United States, despite the fact that Chinese teachers have less formal education than their U.S. counterparts.
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