Book Title: Mathematics For Elementary Education I
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Book Description: Math for Future Teachers I provides pre-service elementary educators with a clear, concept-driven foundation in number systems, operations, fractions, decimals, and proportional reasoning. Emphasizing visual models, number-line reasoning, and Common Core–aligned approaches, the text helps future teachers build the deep mathematical understanding needed for effective classroom instruction.
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Math for Future Teachers is an introductory Open Educational Resource designed to strengthen foundational mathematical understanding and pedagogical awareness for pre-service elementary teachers. The text builds deep number sense through explorations of number systems, decimals, fractions, and operations across multiple representations—including number lines, models, and alternative bases. Students develop conceptual understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, investigate properties of operations, and learn to interpret and create word problems that support children’s reasoning. The book concludes with proportional reasoning, including ratios, percentages, and proportions. Throughout, the emphasis is on clarity, conceptual models, and classroom-relevant strategies aligned with Common Core approaches.
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This book is a cloned version of Mathematics For Elementary Teachers by Iain Pardoe, published using Pressbooks by Thompson Rivers University Open Learning under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license. It may differ from the original.
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Mathematics For Elementary Education I Copyright © 2025 by Natalie Hobson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Mathematics For Elementary Education I Copyright © 2025 by Natalie Hobson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This OER textbook was adapted by Natalie Hobson for Math 131 – Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I in 2025, as part of the Library & Learning Innovation Development Program. Except where otherwise noted, the content in this OER textbook is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license.
Content adapted from Ian Pardoe’s text Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, CC BY-NC-SA license, along with other source attributions, are provided on the Attributions page.