Teaching The Essentials Of Arithmetic Yesterday S Classics

A thoughtful discussion of best practices for teaching arithmetic processes and the order in which to teach them. The author urges that methods adopted early on smooth the way for more advanced calculations taught later. Lots of food for thought for home educators as well as classroom teachers.

Excerpt from Essentials of Arithmetic: Primary Book This book is the first of a series of three intended to cover the essentials of arithmetic in the eight school years of the elementary course. It consists of five chapters, the first Of which reviews the work usually done In the first and second grades, the others covering the work of the successive half grades through the fourth school year. If it is introduced In Grade II, the pupils should complete Chapter I in that year; but if it is first placed in the hands of the. Class in Grade III, it will suffice to take a rapid review of Chapter I, omitting such portions as may already be perfectly familiar to the children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Teaching of Arithmetic The Teachers College Record for March, 1903, contained an article on Mathematics in the Elementary School by the author's colleague Professor mcmurry and himself. This number, how ever, has long since been out of print, and as a result of this fact it was thought best in the autumn of 1908 to prepare a new number of the.record on The Teaching of Arithmetic. This was done by the author, and the article appeared in January, 1909. Although it was thought that the unusually large edition was sufficient for all demands for some years to come, it was ex hauste\d within a few weeks, and it became necessary to print the article in book form. In spite of the fact that the work was originally written in a popular style, to the end that it might be read by those who have no more interest in mathematics than in the various other subjects of the curriculum, it has been thought best to make but a few changes in arranging for its publication in the present form. Intended as it is for those who are teaching or supervising the work in arithmetic in the elemen tary schools, it would hardly serve its purpose if it departed widely from the practical and entered the domain of pure theory. As between influencing the few or the many on a topic of such general interest 'it has been thought better to adopt the latter course, and to prepare a book that might have place in educational reading circles generally and serve as a basis for the work in the class-room for the training of teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Key to Essentials of Arithmetic To counteract the tendency of some teachers to depend solely on a Key in the preparation of their work, not all solutions are fully given, in some cases little more than a suggestion being supplied. A sufficient number of prob lems, however, are completely solved to acquaint the teacher with correct forms. Most of the abstract problems involve nothing that the teacher cannot explain without previous preparation; hence but few of them are solved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Teaching of Arithmetic: A Manual for Teachers A. The Practical Values. B. The Traditional Values, which include 1. The Disciplinary Values. 2. The Pleasure Values. 3. The Cultural Value. 4. The Preparatory Value. An analysis of each of these values now presents itself for study. The Practical Values of Arithmetic. - The utilitarian value of arithmetic has long served to explain its traditional place in the elementary school curriculum. The mere routine activities of daily life demand a mastery of certain number facts and number processes. In addition, a care fully selected curriculum in arithmetic helps to give children an insight into social activities that would otherwise be unknown to them. It is necessary that children understand the meaning of averages and the modes of computing them; that they know the meaning of common mathematical symbols, of percentages of increases and decreases, of rates of taxation, of interest, of insurance - in a word, the common business practices of social life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Essentials of Arithmetic: Grade 2 Much of the pupil's progress in arithmetic in the inter mediate and upper grades depends upon the foundation which is acquired in the work of the primary grades. A well-developed and carefully graded textbook is therefore as helpful and as necessary in the teaching of this elemen tary number work as a primer in the teaching of reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Essentials of Arithmetic: Advanced Book This work furnishes the material for a thorough study of the great essentials of arithmetic in the advanced classes of the elementary school. In general, in the schools of. This country the essential feature of the work of Grade VII is a thorough study of percentage and its applications, while Grade VIII considers arithmetic from the stand point of the pupil's relation to the commercial, civic, and industrial world which he is about to enter. These two great features have been emphasized in the general plan and the contents of this book. How to make the connection between school life and society in the later years of the elementary school is one of the most serious educational problems. Some writers in arithmetic attempt to solve this problem by substantially abandoning mathematics and devoting their attention largely to sociology an interesting experiment but not arithmetic. Others, and the authors of this series among them, seek to preserve a worthy and perfectly graded sequence of arith metical topics, making the connection by showing the application of each topic to some phase of the business life which the pupil is about to enter. In this series the further effort has been made to present only the great essentials of arithmetic, and to dwell constantly upon the application of these essentials to social and business life. Unreal fractions, such obsolete methods as compound proportion, and such antiquated customs as partnership involving time are all set aside; and the space thus gained is assigned to vital topics of this generation and this country. Certain other topics, such as the metric system, land measure, and foreign money, which may properly have a place in.the work of the school, but which sometimes have to be omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.