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Taylor and Francis Ltd How Children Learn Math 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Krasa, Nancy
-This textbook offers an accessibly-written, practical, and amply illustrated introduction to the science of elementary math learning, written for pre-service and in-service K-5 teachers and educators with little background in cognitive development._x000D__x000D_-Balances Science and Classroom sections, synthesizing the latest developmental research, and offering ready-to-use practical classroom activities for individual, small-group, and classroom settings._x000D__x000D_-Written by an author team drawing from decades of experience in cognitive research on mathematics learning, clinical psychology, classroom experience, and working with both teachers and children._x000D_ _x000D_
1. Setting the Stage: Attention, Mental Control, Memory, and Understanding Part I. Mathematical Headwaters 2. Sizing up 3. The prelude to counting Part II. Spatial Skills 4. Visual-spatial skills 5. Spatial skills, math, SES and sex Part III. The Tools of Numeracy 6. Number words and counting 7. Fingers 8. Arabic digits and base 10 notation 9. The number line and linear measurement Part IV. Arithmetic 10. Whole-number arithmetic 11. Rational numbers and operations 12. Written story problems Screening 13. Early math screening: spotting the red flags and skill gaps_x000D_