About Teaching Mathematics: A K-8 Resource [Paperback]

Marilyn Burns (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 275 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall; Ex-Library edition (1992)
• ISBN-10: 0201480395
• ISBN-13: 978-0201480399
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,776,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marilyn Burns is a renowned math specialist and has been teaching for more than thirty years. She is the creator of Math Solutions and the author of numerous books and articles.

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars About Teaching Mathematics, April 8, 2000

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This review is from: About Teaching Mathematics: A Kindergarten Through Eighth Resource (Paperback)

This book is required reading for a class I am taking called "Diagnosis and Remediation of Math Learning Disabilities" at Teachers College. This is a very nice book. Sometimes, I think the professors here make us buy too many books, but I have actually read and used this one. It has many fun games and activities for grade K-8. These activities engage their interest and/or make abstract concepts more concrete. I have used the activities as extra-credit projects for my 9th grade math class. Some of the activities are challenging, even for a ninth grader. If you bought only one book for the class, this would be it.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great K-8 Resource, February 10, 2004

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This review is from: About Teaching Mathematics: A K-8 Resource 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Marilyn Burns' 23 years' experience teaching math is found in this great resource book. The first section is organized in NCTM strands: measurement, probability and statistics, geometry, logic, patterns and functions, and number. The second section (a little less than half the book) is about teaching arithmetic: number concepts, place value, addition and subtraction, mulitplication, division, fractions, decimals, and percents. Each concept has whole class lessons, independent activities (menu), and assessing understanding.

This is a teacher resource, not a curriculum book. Burns' approach is half-way in between the two poles of math education: algorithmic math and conceptual math. Her point of view is "practical," with the teacher in mind.

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource!, July 21, 2000

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This review is from: About Teaching Mathematics: A Kindergarten Through Eighth Resource (Paperback)

I just finshed a Marylin Burns week long workshop and was given this books filled with hundred of activities. I was impressed with the high level of math that could be pulled out of what at first impression looked like simple activites. These hands-on lessons required very little prep time and can be used at a variety of grade levels. This is the direction math is heading in our district and this resource is worth every cent.