Number and Operations

1. Fourth grade Everyday Mathematics teacher's resource package
   Date: 1999 Grade: 04 Cost:  ENC#: 012102
   This resource package for grade 4 teachers, part of the EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS series, contains mathematics lessons that emphasize discussion, problem solving for everyday situations, and discovery with hands-on experiences. Topics include solving number sentences, organizing data, and developing an intuitive sense about three-dimensional objects.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,012102,00.shtm
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2. Mathematics for elementary teachers via problem solving
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): Pre-K - 05 Cost:  ENC#: 021118
   This book activity manual and resource handbook are written to enable preK to grade 5 teachers and preservice teachers to explore mathematics content and pedagogy principles with a problem-solving approach.
   The books, developed for professional development classes, are divided into ten chapters, each devoted to core mathematics concepts such as numeration, fraction models, and measurement. In the activity manual, the activities are designed to be worked in cooperative groups with hands-on explorations.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,021118,00.shtm
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3. The Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Section
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1996 Grade(s): 07 - Post-Sec. Cost: Free ENC#: 011674
   URL: http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the University of Surrey in England, is devoted to looking at the Fibonacci numbers, their properties and occurrences in nature, and related number theory topics. Puzzles with answers involving the Fibonacci numbers and a page with examples of the Fibonacci numbers in art, architecture, and music are included.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,011674,00.shtm
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4. The missing link: essential concepts for middle school math teachers
   Date: 2000 Grade(s): 06 - 08 Cost:  ENC#: 019737
   This kit, with eight videos and a workshop facilitator guidebook, is designed to help middle school teachers increase math content knowledge in four areas and expand their teaching style. The materials, part of the Annenberg/CPB Professional Development Workshop series, were developed in response to teaching and learning challenges identified by the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,019737,00.shtm
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5. Teaching fractions and ratios for understanding: essential content knowledge and strategies for teachers
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): 03 - 08 Cost:  ENC#: 018784
   This resource book, for inservice and preservice teachers as well as researchers and curriculum developers, focuses on helping the reader develop a deeper understanding of proportional reasoning and rational numbers. It integrates information about varied aspects of the teaching/learning experience: enhancing teacher's mathematics content knowledge and understanding, examining student thinking, and exploring teaching methods, instructional activities, and assessment.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,018784,00.shtm
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6. Primary mathematics
   Date: 2000 Grade: Post-Sec. Cost: 25.95 ENC#: 020768
   This self-study book, part of the DEVELOPING SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SERIES, is written specifically for preservice and experienced teachers who need to develop their mathematics knowledge and understanding. The series, with emphasis on active learning for the under-confident learner, is designed to provide self-directed learning materials to support British teachers in the national requirements for teaching the primary curriculum in English, mathematics, and science.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,020768,00.shtm
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7. Math matters. Grades K-6: understanding the math you teach
   Date: 2000 Grade(s): K - 06 Cost: 24.95 ENC#: 020517
   This teacher resource book explains and illustrates important mathematics concepts taught in elementary school. Topics range from computation to probability and statistics.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,020517,00.shtm
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8. The universal history of numbers: from prehistory to the invention of the computer
   Date: 2000 Grade(s): K - Post-Sec. Cost: 39.95 ENC#: 020219
   This book describes the development of the modern number system from ancient times to the present. It contains a history of numbers from all over the world beginning with the origins of the first numbers.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,020219,00.shtm
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9. Math at hand: a mathematics handbook
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): 04 - 06 Cost: 17.50 ENC#: 014822
   This handbook for students in grades 4 to 6 provides detailed and illustrated mathematical explanations of topics ranging from mental computation and problem solving to pre-algebra, probability, and geometry. The handbook is designed to complement the student textbook by offering alternative explanations of topics.
   http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,014822,00.shtm
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10. Number and operations, Part 2. Making meaning for operations.
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): K - 06 Cost:  ENC#: 018073
    This professional development kit, part of the DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL IDEAS (DMI) program, contains seminar materials designed to help current and future grades K to 6 teachers explore the meaning of arithmetic operations and understand how students develop these concepts. The DMI program offers field tested seminars examining the big ideas in elementary school mathematics.
    http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,018073,00.shtm
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11. Reconceptualizing mathematics: courseware for elementary and middle school teachers
    Date: 1998 Grade(s): K - 08 Cost: 40.00 ENC#: 018880
    This set of CD-ROMs, from the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education of the San Diego State University, is a research based curriculum development project. The project focused on the development of courseware and instructional materials for mathematics courses for prospective elementary and middle school teachers, and for the professional development of practicing teachers.
    http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,018880,00.shtm
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12. A mathematics source book for elementary and middle school teachers: key concepts, teaching tips, and learning pitfalls
    Date: 1999 Grade(s): K - 08 Cost: 18.00 ENC#: 018797
    This teacher resource book features a discussion of mathematics topics commonly taught in the elementary and middle school curriculum. Each chapter covers a specific topic such as multiplication, fractions, or algebra foundations.
    http://www.enc.org/resources/records/0,1240,018797,00.shtm
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