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The Basics of Maths Instruction
Welcome to the research guide for Foundations of Math Methods. This guide contains research materials and links to help you make this class a success.
On this page, find a quick list of resources to get you started.
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Databases
- Education Source
- Why search here? This is one of our most important collections for the field of education.
- What’s included? This collection contains the full text of over 1,800 journals and 550 books. It also contains citations and abstracts for almost 3,000 additional journals and information on 100,000 educational tests.
- ERIC
- Why search here? This is one of the most important databases for the field of education.
- What’s included? This database contains almost two million records and more than 500,000 full-text documents, including journal articles, dissertations, and conference proceedings. Many of the hosted documents are not published anywhere else.
- Elementary School Journal
Original studies, reviews of research and conceptual analyses for researchers and practitioners interested in elementary schooling.
- Mathematics Educator
Promotes the interchange of ideas among the mathematics education community locally, nationally, and internationally; presents a variety of viewpoints on a broad spectrum of issues related to mathematics education.
Key Concepts in Teaching Primary Mathematics by ISBN: 9781849202459Publication Date:Covering the key principles and concepts in the teaching and learning of mathematics in primary schools, this text provides trainee and practising teachers with a quick and easy reference to what they need to know for their course, and in the classroom.
Teaching K–6 Mathematics by ISBN: 9781410606419Publication Date:This developmentally sound, research-based, practical text speaks directly to preservice elementary mathematics students about the multitude of ways they can help their future students learn to see the power, beauty, necessity, and usefulness of mathematics in the world.
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