rachelpants Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Has anyone read this book? Is it worthwhile? I've had it in my Amazon cart for a while...today it is the lowest price it's been. Any input? Thanks! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934026824/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Your library might have it. (Mine does. I just put it on hold so I can see what's in it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rachelpants Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Your library might have it. (Mine does. I just put it on hold so I can see what's in it.) My library stinks...lol. Let us all know if it is good or not after you check it out! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 So, I picked it up from the library today. It's concise and has an excellent layout with judicious use of white space. Small sample here: http://www.crystalsp...ow-1-6-csb.html See the TOC at the sample - it appears to cover basic arithmetic and includes ways to extend the same ideas to higher concepts (e.g. operations with fractions) though those are brief. Eta, I would expect that the HIGs would go into much greater detail (I've never seen one), though it might be useful to have so many brief explanations in one place as in this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelpants Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 So helpful! Thanks :) I didn't think about looking for a sample beyond Amazon....smart! I've also never looked at an HIG (we are just finishing up Essentials)....I also wonder how HIG compares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I don't recall seeing that model of multiplication anywhere in the HiG. We used Standards edition. The HiG gives an overview of each chapter with some additional information for the teacher (some of the whys and goals), then has suggestions for how to introduce the lessons, answers to the text problems (with some additional explanation and additional problems to use), answers to workbook problems. I never got around to reading Liping Ma's Knowing and Teaching Mathematics, but I think I'd recommend reading it and using the HiG. This book looks more like techniques and less about conceptual understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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