Enhance your classroom experience with this Student Activities Manual. This manual is designed to accompany Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach, 7th Edition. It will enhance student learning as well as begin to model effective classroom practices. Since many instructors are working with students to create a personalized journal, this edition of the manual is three-hole punched for easy customization. When students truly understand the mathematical concepts, it’s magic. Students who use Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach are motivated to learn mathematics. They become more confident and are better able to appreciate the beauty and excitement of the mathematical world. That's why the new Seventh Edition of Musser, Burger, and Peterson's best-selling textbook focuses on one primary goal: helping students develop a true understanding of central concepts using solid mathematical content in an accessible and appealing format. The components in this complete learning program--from the textbook, to the eManipulative activities, to the online problem-solving tools and the resource-rich website--work in harmony to help achieve this goal.

Aimed at elementary and middle school educators, this book integrates rich problem-solving strategies with relevant topics and extensive opportunities for hands-on experience. By progressing from the concrete to the pictorial to the abstract, the authors capture the way maths is taught in elementary schools.

This leading mathematics text for elementary and middle school educators helps readers quickly develop a true understanding of mathematical concepts. It integrates rich problem-solving strategies with relevant topics and extensive opportunities for hands-on experience. By progressing from the concrete to the pictorial to the abstract, Musser captures the way math is generally taught in elementary schools.