Maths Education 2018

MATHS EDUCATION 2018

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CONTENTS

1 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
6 ARCLER PRESS
7 BROOKES PUBLISHING CO.
7 COGNELLA ACADEMIC PUBLISHING
9 HARVARD EDUCATION PRESS
9 INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING
10 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION
OF YOUNG CHILDREN
10 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS
11 NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
12 MCFARLAND
12 PEMBROKE PUBLISHERS
12 REDLEAF PRESS
12 SIAM – SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
13 STENHOUSE PUBLISHERS
14 TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS
15 XYZ PRESS

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American Mathematical Society FRACTIONS, TILINGS, AND GEOMETRY

COMMON SENSE MATHEMATICS Bowen Kerins et al
Feb 2018 157pp
Second Edition 9781470440640 Paperback £26.95 / €30.00
Ethan Bolker & Maura Mast IAS/PCMI--The Teacher Program Series, Vol. 7

Feb 2018 326pp Designed for precollege teachers by a collaborative of
9781939512109 Hardback £59.95 / €67.00 teachers, educators, and mathematicians, Fractions,Tilings,
MAA Textbooks, Vol. 33 and Geometry is based on a course offered in the Summer
School Teacher Program at the Park City Mathematics
Emphasises common sense and common knowledge in Institute. The overall goal of the course is an introduction
approaching real problems through popular news items and to non-periodic tilings in two dimensions and space-filling
finding useful mathematical tools and frames with which to polyhedra.
address those questions. Most quantitative reasoning texts
are arranged by mathematical topics to be mastered. This A co-publication of the AMS and IAS/Park City
book looks at real life stories that can be best understood Mathematics Institute
with careful reading and a little mathematics.
MAA Press INVITATION TO NUMBER THEORY

DISCOVERING DISCRETE DYNAMICAL Second Edition
SYSTEMS Oystein Ore

Aimee Johnson, Kathleen Madden & Ayse Sahin Feb 2018 134pp
Feb 2018 116pp 9780883856536 Paperback £44.50 / €49.00
9780883857939 Paperback £46.50 / €51.00 Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, Vol. 49
Classroom Resource Materials, Vol. 53
Number theory is the branch of mathematics concerned
A mathematics textbook designed for use in a student-led, with the counting numbers, 1, 2, 3,... and their multiples
inquiry-based course for advanced mathematics majors. and factors. But in spite of their simplicity, you will meet a
The modules, each with an opening exploration, a short multitude of topics in this book: magic squares, cryptarithms,
exposition and related exercises, and a concluding project, finding the day of the week for a given date, constructing
guide students to self-discovery on topics such as fixed regular polygons, pythagorean triples, and many more.
points and their classifications, chaos and fractals, Julia
and Mandelbrot sets in the complex plane, and symbolic MAA Press
dynamics.
MAA Press , ,&

EXERCISES IN (MATHEMATICAL) David Perkins
STYLE Feb 2018 190pp
9780883855898 Paperback £46.50 / €51.00
John McCleary Spectrum, Vol. 86
Feb 2018 290pp
9780883856529 Paperback £44.50 / €49.00 Certain constants occupy precise balancing points in
Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, Vol. 48 the cosmos of number, like habitable planets sprinkled
throughout our galaxy at just the right distances from
What does style mean in mathematics? Style is both how their suns. This book introduces and connects four of
one does something and how one communicates what was these constants (phi, pi, e and i). The authors discuss their
done. In this book, the author investigates the worlds of the properties, as a group, at a level appropriate for an audience
well-known numbers, the binomial coefficients. The author armed only with the tools of elementary calculus.
follows the example of Raymond Queneau’s Exercises in Style,
offering the reader 99 stories in various styles. MAA Press
MAA Press

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PORTAL THROUGH MATHEMATICS TEACHING STATISTICS USING
BASEBALL
Journey to Advanced Thinking
Oleg Ivanov & Robert G. Burns Second Edition
Jim Albert
Feb 2018 318pp
9780883856512 Paperback £49.95 / €56.00 Feb 2018 256pp
Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, Vol. 47 9781939512161 Paperback £49.95 / €56.00
MAA Textbooks, Vol. 34
A collection of puzzles and problems mostly on topics
relating to secondary mathematics. The problems and topics Presents a collection of case studies and exercises applying
are fresh and interesting and frequently surprising. The book statistical and probabilistic thinking to the game of baseball.
is organised into 29 themes, each a topic from algebra, This book illustrates basic methods of data analysis and
geometry or calculus and each launched from an opening probability models by means of baseball statistics collected
puzzle or problem. There are also excursions into number on players and teams. The idea of the book is to describe
theory, solid geometry, physics and combinatorics. statistical thinking in a context that will be familiar and
MAA Press interesting to students.
MAA Press
PROBABILITY AND GAMES
A TEXAS STYLE INTRODUCTION
Bowen Kerins et al TO PROOF
Feb 2018 137pp
9781470440633 Paperback £26.95 / €30.00 Ron Taylor & Patrick X. Rault
IAS/PCMI--The Teacher Program Series, Vol. 6 Feb 2018 176pp
9781939512130 Paperback £46.50 / €51.00
Designed for precollege teachers by a collaborative of MAA Textbooks, Vol. 35
teachers, educators, and mathematicians, Probability and
Games is based on a course offered in the Summer School An IBL textbook designed for a one-semester course on
Teacher Program. This course leads participants through proofs (the “bridge course”) that also introduces TeX as a tool
an introduction to probability and statistics, with particular students can use to communicate their work. Written in an
focus on conditional probability, hypothesis testing, and the easy-going style, the exposition is just enough to support the
mathematics of election analysis. activities, and it is clear, concise, and effective. The book is well
A co-publication of the AMS and IAS/Park City organised and contains ample carefully selected exercises that
Mathematics Institute are varied, interesting, and probing.
MAA Press
A RADICAL APPROACH TO REAL
ANALYSIS BESTSELLERS

Second Edition ALGEBRAIC INEQUALITIES:
David Bressoud NEW VISTAS

Feb 2018 339pp Titu Andreescu & Mark Saul
9780883857472 Hardback £59.95 / €66.00 2016 126pp
MAA Textbooks, Vol. 10 9781470434649 Paperback £37.95 / €42.00
MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 19
An introduction to real analysis, rooted in and informed by
the historical issues that shaped its development. This text This book starts with simple arithmetic inequalities and
can be used as a textbook, as a resource for the instructor builds to sophisticated inequality results such as the Cauchy-
who prefers to teach a traditional course, or as a resource for Schwarz and Chebyshev inequalities. Nothing beyond high
the student who has been through a traditional course yet school algebra is required of the student. The exposition is
still does not understand what real analysis is about and why lean. Most of the learning occurs as the student engages in
it was created. the problems posed in each chapter. And the learning is not
MAA Press “linear”.
A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical
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APPLICATIONS OF ALGEBRA AND A DECADE OF THE BERKELEY MATH
GEOMETRY TO THE WORK OF CIRCLE
TEACHING
The American Experience, Volume II
Bowen Kerins et al Edited by Zvezdelina Stankova & Tom Rike

2015 208pp 2015 364pp

9781470419240 Paperback £26.95 / €30.00 9780821849125 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00

IAS/PCMI--The Teacher Program Series, Vol. 2 MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 14

Consists of a carefully sequenced collection of problem sets The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of
designed to develop several interconnected mathematical the very first maths circles in the US. Over the last decade
themes, and one of the goals of the problem sets is for and a half, 100 instructors have shared their passion for
readers to uncover these themes for themselves. The mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions. This
specific theme developed is the use of complex numbers to second volume is based on a dozen of these sessions,
investigate some questions that are at the intersection of encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating
algebra and geometry. mathematical topics.

A co-publication of the AMS and IAS/Park City A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical
Mathematics Institute Sciences Research Institute

ARITHMETICAL WONDERLAND GEOMETRY ILLUMINATED

Andy Liu An Illustrated Introduction to Euclidean and
2015 223pp Hyperbolic Plane Geometry
9780883857892 Hardback £47.95 / €53.00 Matthew Harvey
Classroom Resource Materials, Vol. 48
2015 560pp
An unorthodox mathematics textbook for students in 9781939512116 Hardback £66.95 / €74.00
elementary education, in a contents course offered by a MAA Textbooks, Vol. 30
mathematics department. Much of the discussion is in
dialogues between Alice, of Wonderland fame, and the twins Provides an introduction to geometry in the plane, both
Tweedledum and Tweedledee who hailed from Through Euclidean and hyperbolic. It is designed to be used in an
the Looking Glass. The boys are learning High Arithmetic or undergraduate course on geometry. Throughout, the goal is
Elementary Number Theory from Alice, and the reader is to develop the material patiently. One of the more appealing
carried along in this academic exploration. aspects of geometry is that it is a very “visual”subject. This
book hopes to takes full advantage of that, with an extensive
MAA Press use of illustrations as guides.

A DECADE OF THE BERKELEY MATH MAA Press
CIRCLE
GEOMETRY IN PROBLEMS
The American Experience, Volume I
Edited by Zvezdelina Stankova & Tom Rike Alexander Shen
2016 232pp
2009 326pp 9781470419219 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00
9780821846834 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00 MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 18
MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 1
Classical Euclidean geometry, with all its triangles, circles,
Presents possible paths to studying mathematics and and inscribed angles, remains an excellent playground for
falling in love with it, via teaching two important skills: high-school mathematics students. This book contains more
thinking creatively while still obeying the rules, and making than 750 (mostly) easy but non-trivial problems in all areas
connections between problems, ideas, and theories. The of plane geometry and solutions for most of them, as well as
book encourages you to apply the newly acquired knowledge additional problems for self-study. Each chapter also provides
to problems and guides you along the way. concise reminders of basic notions used in the chapter.

A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical
Sciences Research Institute Sciences Research Institute

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HOW TO TEACH MATHEMATICS MATH FROM THREE TO SEVEN

Third Edition The Story of a Mathematical Circle for
Steven G. Krantz Preschoolers
Alexander Zvonkin
2015 146pp
9781470425524 Paperback £32.50 / €36.00 2011 300pp
This third edition is a lively and provocative tract on how to 9780821868737 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00
teach mathematics in today’s new world of online learning MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 5
tools and innovative teaching devices. The author guides
the reader through the joys and pitfalls of interacting with Provides a captivating account of a professional
modern undergraduates - telling you explicitly what to do mathematician’s experiences conducting a math circle for
and what not to do. preschoolers in his apartment in Moscow in the 1980s. As
anyone who has taught or raised young children knows,
LECTURES AND PROBLEMS mathematical education for little kids is a real mystery.
This is a narrative about what he did, what he tried, what
A Gift to Young Mathematicians worked, what failed, but most important, what the children
V. I. Arnold experienced.

2015 176pp A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical
9781470422592 Paperback £26.95 / €30.00 Sciences Research Institute
MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 17
Vladimir Arnold (1937-2010) was one of the great MATH THROUGH THE AGES
mathematical minds of the late 20th century. He did
significant work in many areas of the field. On another A Gentle History for Teachers and Others,
level, he was keeping with a strong tradition in Russian Second Edition
mathematics to write for and to directly teach younger William P. Berlinghoff & Fernando Q. Gouvea
students interested in mathematics. This book contains some
examples of Arnold’s contributions to the genre. 2015 331pp
A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical 9781939512123 Hardback £57.95 / €64.00
Sciences Research Institute MAA Textbooks, Vol. 32

MATH CIRCLES FOR ELEMENTARY Where did maths come from? Who thought up all those
SCHOOL STUDENTS algebra symbols, and why? What’s the story behind...
negative numbers?... the metric system?... quadratic
Berkeley 2009 and Manhattan 2011 equations?... sine and cosine? The 25 independent sketches
Natasha Rozhkovskaya in Math through the Ages answer these questions and many
others in an informal, easygoing style that’s accessible to
2014 163pp teachers, students, and anyone curious about mathematical
9781470416959 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00 ideas.
MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 13
Introduces the basics of many important areas of modern MAA Press
mathematics, including logic, symmetry, probability theory,
knot theory, cryptography, fractals, and number theory. It MATHEMATICAL CIRCLE DIARIES,
starts with generously illustrated sets of problems and hands- YEAR 1
on activities. It then includes comments on the topics of the
lesson, relating those topics to discussions in other chapters. Complete Curriculum for Grades 5 to 7
A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical Anna Burago
Sciences Research Institute
2013 335pp
If you are a teaching academic or course 9780821887455 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00
leader you may request up to three titles MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 11
as FREE inspection copies to consider as
textbooks for students on your course. Contains everything that is needed to run a successful
For further details please visit: mathematical circle for a full year. The materials, distributed
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discussions, sets of problems with solutions, and contests
and games. In addition, the book shares some of the know-
how of running a mathematical circle.

A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical
Sciences Research Institute

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MATHEMATICS FOR SECONDARY SOME APPLICATIONS OF GEOMETRIC
SCHOOL TEACHERS THINKING

Elizabeth George Bremigan, Ralph J. Bremigan & Bowen Kerins et al
John D. Lorch 2016 222pp
2011 448pp 9781470429256 Paperback £26.95 / €30.00
9780883857731 Hardback £63.95 / €71.00 IAS/PCMI--The Teacher Program Series, Vol. 4
MAA Textbooks, Vol. 21
Designed for precollege teachers by a collaborative of
Discusses topics of central importance in the secondary teachers, educators, and mathematicians, Some Applications
school mathematics curriculum, including functions, of Geometric Thinking is based on a course offered in
polynomials, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic the Summer School Teacher Program at the Park City
functions, number and operation, and measurement. Mathematics Institute. It consists of a collection of problem
This volume is primarily intended as the text for a bridge sets designed to develop interconnected mathematical
or capstone course for pre-service secondary school themes. One of the goals of the problem sets is for readers to
mathematics teachers. uncover these themes for themselves.
A co-publication of the AMS and IAS/Park City
MAA Press Mathematics Institute

A MOSCOW MATH CIRCLE TEACHING SCHOOL MATHEMATICS:
FROM PRE-ALGEBRA TO ALGEBRA
Week-by-Week Problem Sets
Sergey Dorichenko Hung-Hsi Wu
2016 666pp
2012 354pp 9781470430009 Hardback £83.50 / €92.00
9780821868744 Paperback £23.50 / €26.00
MSRI Mathematical Circles Library, Vol. 8 This two-volume set includes a systematic exposition of
a major part of the mathematics of grades 5-9 (excluding
Presents materials used during the course of one year in a statistics) written specifically for Common Core era teachers.
math circle organised by mathematics faculty at Moscow
State University, and also used at the mathematics magnet TRIGONOMETRY
school known as Moscow School Number 57. Each problem
set has a similar structure: it combines review material with A Clever Study Guide
a new topic, offering problems in a range of difficulty levels. James Tanton
This time-tested pattern has proved its effectiveness in
engaging all students and helping them master new material 2015 232pp
while building on earlier knowledge. 9780883858363 Paperback £23.95 / €27.00
Problem Books, Vol. 25
A co-publication of the AMS and the Mathematical
Sciences Research Institute Covers the story of trigonometry. This is a swift overview,
but it is complete in the context of the content discussed in
NUMBER THEORY THROUGH INQUIRY beginning and advanced high-school courses. The purpose
of these notes is to supplement and put into perspective the
David C. Marshall, Edward Odell & Michael Starbird material of any course on the subject.
2007 150pp
9780883857519 Hardback £55.50 / €62.00 MAA Press
MAA Textbooks, Vol. 9

An innovative textbook that leads students on a carefully
guided discovery of introductory number theory. The
book has two equally significant goals: to help students
develop mathematical thinking skills, particularly, theorem-
proving skills; and to help students understand some of the
wonderfully rich ideas in the mathematical study of numbers.

MAA Press

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Arcler Press BESTSELLERS

ELEMENTS OF TRIGONOMETRY ESSENTIALS OF GEOMETRY

Maria Tattaris Edited by John Kristtofer H. San Pedro
Jan 2018 275pp 2016 257pp
9781773613178 Hardback £132.00 / €149.00 9781680945843 Hardback £120.00 / €135.00

Introduces trigonometry, including triangles, square roots, This introductory text focuses on critical concepts taught in
and the Pythagorean Theorem, with problem solving a typical geometry course, from the properties of triangles,
techniques and many examples. Includes concepts that parallelograms, circles, cylinders, and much more. Geometry
have both a geometric and an algebraic component. This is perhaps the most elementary of the sciences that enable
book prepares students for courses in calculus by directing man, by purely intellectual processes, to make predictions
attention away from particular values of a function to a study (based on observation) about the physical world.
of the function as an object in itself.
FUNDAMENTALS OF ALGEBRA
METHODS OF MATRIX ALGEBRA
Edited by John Kristtofer H. San Pedro
Edited by Maria Catherine Borres 2016 255pp
Jan 2018 348pp 9781680945812 Hardback £120.00 / €135.00
9781773612201 Hardback £132.00 / €149.00
Algebra is a branch of mathematics dealing with symbols
In many respects this book is designed for beginners. It and the rules for manipulating those symbols. In elementary
combines an illustration hearted approach, well rounded algebra, those symbols represent quantities without fixed
explanations and a wealth of practice opportunities. It makes values, known as variables. This book explains how to do
a form friend for those students who are commencing a elementary algebra problems, solve equations and solve
circuit in Matrix Algebra at school or for undergraduate series verbal problems.
in Mathematics, Engineering or Physics. This book aims to
help the readers understand the wonderful world of Matrix
Algebra, to enlighten them on how this subject has worth in
real world problems.

PROBABILITY THEORY AND
EXAMPLES

Claire Montemar
Jan 2018 340pp
9781773613154 Hardback £132.00 / €149.00

Presenting a clear, comprehensive and systematic account of
various probability theories and explaining how they relate to
one another, this book provides an excellent introduction to
mathematical probability theory with examples.

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Brookes Publishing Co. Cognella Academic Publishing

TEACHING MATHEMATICS LINEAR ALGEBRA
MEANINGFULLY
Patrick Zulkowski
Solutions for Reaching Struggling Learners, Jan 2018 184pp
Second Edition 9781516502554 Paperback £81.50 / €90.00
David Allsopp, Lou Ann H. Lovin & Sarah van Ingen
A basic understanding of linear algebra is integral to success
Feb 2018 384pp in practising science, engineering, and finance, as well as
9781598575583 Paperback £39.95 / €44.00 achieving fluency in the language of mathematics. Linear
Making mathematics concepts understandable is a challenge Algebra is a streamlined textbook developed for students in
for any teacher - a challenge that’s more complex when the first two years of college studies.
a classroom includes students with learning difficulties.
With this timely book - updated throughout and filled with BESTSELLERS
invaluable ideas and strategies adaptable for grades K-12 -
educators will know just what to teach and how to teach it to A BASIC APPROACH TO PRECALCULUS
students with learning difficulties. TRIGONOMETRY

BESTSELLER Preparing to Succeed in Calculus
Young H. Kim et al
WHY IS MATH SO HARD FOR SOME
CHILDREN? 2016 134pp
9781634873086 Paperback £45.95 / €51.00
The Nature and Origins of Mathematical
Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Breaking mathematical concepts down into steps that
Daniel B. Berch & Michele M.M. Mazzocco students can approach with ease and practice with
confidence, this book prepares students who are new to
2007 488pp trigonometry to succeed in more advanced courses. It
9781557668646 Hardback £52.95 / €58.00 provides a concise, accessible introduction to trigonometry
Comprises a comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment that builds up the skill sets needed to succeed in college and
of research on mathematical learning disabilities. This university calculus courses.
book discusses empirical, theoretical, methodological, and
pedagogical perspectives in this area, drawing on a range of BEGINNING ALGEBRA
fields including cognitive and developmental psychology,
educational psychology, neuropsychology, and others. Keeping It Simple, Second Edition
Judith Atkinson

2017 550pp
9781516520046 Paperback £97.95 / €108.00

For many students, study skills and confidence are the
biggest hurdles in being successful in learning algebra.
In contrast to bulky, expensive conventional texts for
developmental math courses, this book introduces the
material in a clear and concise manner with advice on how to
study and persevere when the material seems too difficult.

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COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE ALGEBRA A NON-MATHEMATICIAN’S GUIDE TO
STATISTICS
Building Mathematical Insights Through
Logic and Exercises Richard Flint
Xiang Ji & Ge Mu 2016 198pp
9781634877077 Paperback £73.95 / €82.00
2013 404pp
9781621310105 Paperback £64.50 / €71.00 Designed to put statistics within reach of those who do
not have strong mathematical backgrounds, this book is
A concise, but rigorous, introduction to college algebra that a friendly, conversational introductory textbook. The
features a variety of exercises designed to help students information, sample problems, and practice tests are ideal for
build up mathematical thinking, master mathematical skills, those in any field that collects and processes data without
and develop mathematical insights. All chapters emphasise requiring mathematical skills beyond algebra.
clear definitions, which are presented in context, as well as
propositions and theorems. Comprehensive review questions WHEN ARE WE EVER GOING TO USE
are included at the end of the book to allow for independent THIS STUFF?
practice.
College Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
CONSTRUCTING NUMBERS Major, Seventh Edition
Jim Matovina & Ronald Yates
An Inquiry-Based Capstone Mathematics
Course 2017 422pp
Mark Daniels & Efraim Armendariz 9781516512843 Paperback £64.50 / €71.00

2015 84pp A college level mathematics textbook designed with liberal
9781631894596 Paperback £53.95 / €60.00 arts majors in mind. Standard mathematics texts typically
mimic the style and tone of those written for STEM-track
Helps students synthesise material from elementary analysis, students. This text, while rigorous enough to ensure a high
linear algebra, algebraic structures, and geometry while level of mastery over the material, uses practical, entertaining
providing perspective on how mathematical thought has topics presented in a readble, student-centred style to teach
developed. Working through Constructing Numbers gives mathematics concepts and skills for the non-major.
students a deeper understanding of the discipline of
mathematics.

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Explores the various ways maths is used in the routine
activities that are part of everyday life. Students who think
they don’t use or need maths will gain a greater appreciation
of the Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden ratio, and Hamiltonian
circuits as they see how maths can and does play a
meaningful and important role in everyday life.

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Harvard Education Press Information Age Publishing

BESTSELLER BESTSELLERS

TEACHER LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
AGE SPECIALISTS

Online Professional Development in STEM Developing, Refining, and Examining
Education Programs That Support Mathematics
Edited by Chris Dede et al Teaching and Learning
Edited by Maggie B. McGatha & Nicole R. Rigelman
2016 304pp
2017 277pp
9781612508979 Paperback £29.95 / €34.00 9781681238227 Paperback £39.50 / €43.00
9781681238234 Hardback £72.95 / €80.00
With an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)
mathematics (STEM) training, Teacher Learning in the Digital Professional Book Series
Age examines exemplary models of online and blended
teacher professional development, including information on Elementary mathematics specialists are teacher leaders
the structure and design of each model, intended audience, who are responsible for supporting effective PK-6 maths
and existing research and evaluation data. instruction and student learning. This resource supports the
important work of EMSs. The book provides support to EMS
practitioners, program providers/developers, and researchers
seeking to prepare Mathematics Specialists, support them in
the field, and research their effectiveness.

REFLECTING THE WORLD

A Guide to Incorporating Equity in
Mathematics Teacher Education
Mathew D. Felton-Koestler, Ksenija Simic-Muller &
José María Menéndez

2017 138pp
9781681237671 Paperback £45.95 / €51.00
9781681237688 Hardback £85.95 / €94.00

Draws on the authors’research and experience integrating
issues of equity, diversity, and social justice into their
work as mathematics teacher educators of preservice and
inservice preK-9 teachers. Reflecting the World includes both a
framework for integrating issues of equity into mathematics
teacher education courses and professional development,
and example lessons.

SECOND HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH
ON MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND
LEARNING

Edited by Frank K. Lester, Jr.
2006 724pp
9781593111762 Paperback £249.00 / €273.00

Aims to provide useful perspectives as well as information
for conducting investigations. This handbook contains
chapters that reflect the mathematics education research
community’s willingness to accept the challenge of helping
the public understand what mathematics education research
is all about.

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National Association for the Education of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Young Children
ACCESS AND EQUITY
MAKING AND TINKERING WITH STEM
Promoting High-Quality Mathematics in
Solving Design Challenges With Young Grades 6-8
Children Edited by Anthony Fernandes, Sandra Crespo &
Cate Heroman Marta Civil

2017 144pp Oct 2017 166pp
9781938113284 Paperback £18.50 / €20.00 9781680540062 Paperback £26.50 / €29.00
Teaching and learning STEM subjects is more accessible Access and Equity: Promoting High-Quality Mathematics
than ever before! Children will be inspired, delighted, Series
and challenged as they use everyday materials and STEM
concepts to design and build solutions to problems faced by NCTM’s Access and Equity Principle states that “all students
characters in their favourite books. [should] have access to a high-quality mathematics
curriculum, effective teaching and learning, high
expectations, and the support and resources needed to
maximize their learning potential.”This book offers maths
educators strategies and resources for putting that principle
into practice.

GEOMETRY

Measuring Space in One, Two, and Three
Dimensions Casebook
Deborah Schifter & Susan Jo Russell

Nov 2017 192pp
9780873539388 Paperback £38.50 / €43.00

The Measuring Space in One,Two,and Three Dimensions
Casebook was developed as the key resource for participants’
Developing Mathematical Ideas seminar experience. The
thirty cases, written by teachers describing real situations
and actual student thinking in their classrooms, provide the
basis of each session’s investigation of specific mathematical
concepts and teaching strategies.

A PLEASURE TO MEASURE!

Tasks for Teaching Measurement in the
Elementary Grades
Jeffrey Barrett et al

Jan 2018 272pp
9780873537629 Paperback £29.95 / €34.00

Presents lively activities that dovetail with standards and
research-based stages of development to support students’
steady growth of understanding of measurement. This book
includes 65 classroom-ready activities on measurement,
along with a summary of learning goals, connections to
children’s literature, and ideas for extending beyond the
activities.

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REASONING AND SENSE MAKING IN National Science Teachers Association
THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
CREATING A STEM CULTURE FOR
Grades 6-8 TEACHING AND LEARNING
Michael T. Battista
Jeff Weld
Jan 2018 166pp Sep 2017 178pp
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Designed to help classroom teachers understand, monitor, Creating a STEM Culture’s wide-ranging topics include
and guide the development of students’reasoning and sense why STEM matters, what STEM networks do, how to build
making about core ideas in middle school mathematics. The community buy-in for STEM, what makes school–business
book describes and illustrates the nature of these skills using STEM partnerships work, and what STEM means for teachers,
classroom vignettes and student work in conjunction with learning, and assessment. Each chapter is sprinkled with light-
instructional tasks and learning progressions to show how hearted case studies that complement the topic at hand.
instruction can support students in their development.
PICTURE-PERFECT STEM LESSONS, 3-5
TAKING ACTION
Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM
Implementing Effective Mathematics Learning
Teaching Practices in K-Grade 5 Emily Morgan & Karen Ansberry
DeAnn Huinker & Victoria Bill
Aug 2017 345pp
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For teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day,
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mathematics teaching practices and their ability to apply technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the
those practices in their own classrooms. The book examines real world. They embed reading-comprehension strategies
in depth what each teaching practice would look like in an that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts
elementary school classroom, with narrative cases, classroom through high-quality picture books.
videos, and real student work, presenting a rich array of NSTA Press
experiences that bring the practices to life.

TASKS AND COMPETENCIES IN
THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF
ALGEBRA

Alex Friedlander & Abraham Arcavi
Jan 2018 260pp
9780873537599 Hardback £29.95 / €34.00

Provides a conceptual approach that will encourage students
learning algebra to employ a variety of thinking processes and
strategies and, most importantly, will enable them to truly
understand the concepts that underlie the problems they are
solving.

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BESTSELLER TEACHING STEM LITERACY

TEACHING MATHEMATICS USING A Constructivist Approach for Ages 3 to 8
POPULAR CULTURE Juliana Texley & Ruth M. Ruud

Strategies for Common Core Instruction from Oct 2017 200pp
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Elana Reiser
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students. One way to cultivate and maintain student to the Next Generation Science Standards. They encourage
interest is for teachers to incorporate popular media into young children to explore STEM connections and link to
their methodology. This book explores maths concepts children’s books about STEM topics.
featured in contemporary films and television shows and
offers numerous examples maths teachers can use to design SIAM - Society For Industrial and
lessons using pop culture references. Applied Mathematics

Pembroke Publishers MATH MODELING

MOVING MATH Computing and Communicating
Karen M. Bliss et al
How to Use Thinking Skills to Help Students
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Mary Fiore & Maria Luisa Lebar
Written for high school students who have some experience
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practices. The book describes how using various thinking and visualization techniques. The handbook is also written
skills helps students make sense of mathematical concepts to for teachers who will assist students as they incorporate
support numeracy. software into the math modeling process.

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Stenhouse Publishers WELL PLAYED

BESTSELLERS Building Mathematical Thinking Through
Number and Alegebraic Games and Puzzles,
ACCESSIBLE ALGEBRA Grades 6-8
Linda Dacey, Karen Gartland & Jayne Bamford Lynch
30 Modules to Promote Algebraic Reasoning,
Grades 7–10 2016 248pp
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2017 152pp Students love math games and puzzles, but how much are
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new ways of thinking through and about algebra. Each of and puzzles an integral learning component that provides
the thirty lessons in this book identifies and addresses a focal teachers with unique access to student thinking.
domain and standard in algebra, then lays out the common
misconceptions and challenges students may face as they WHAT’S RIGHT ABOUT WRONG
work to investigate and understand problems. ANSWERS

BECOMING THE MATH TEACHER YOU Learning from Math Mistakes, Grades 4–5
WISH YOU’D HAD Nancy Anderson

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maths class as boring, stressful, useless, and humiliating. In and sample student work containing mistakes, learners
Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You’d Had, Tracy Johnston explore typical maths mistakes, reflect on why they’re wrong,
Zager helps teachers close this gap by making maths class and move toward deeper understanding.
more like mathematics.

BEYOND ANSWERS

Exploring Mathematical Practices with
Young Children
Mike Flynn

2016 224pp

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The Standards for Mathematical Practice are written in clear,
concise language. Even so, to interpret them and visualize
what they mean for your teaching practice isn’t always easy.
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CHILDREN
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Inquiry Teaching with Ramps and Pathways
EXPLORING MATHEMATICS THROUGH Shelly Counsell et al
PLAY IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD
CLASSROOM 2015 216pp
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Amy Noelle Parks Early Childhood Educational Series
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during play, to develop strategies for mathematizing that of exploratory and constructive play.
play, and to design formal lessons that make connections
between mathematics and play. TEACHING MATHEMATICAL THINKING

GOOD QUESTIONS Tasks & Questions to Strengthen Practices
and Processes
Great Ways to Differentiate Mathematics Marian Small
Instruction in the Standards-Based
Classroom, Third Edition 2017 144pp
Marian Small 9780807758564 Paperback £29.95 / €33.00

2017 176pp This new resource by math education expert Marian
9780807758540 Paperback £34.95 / €39.00 Small helps schools and districts to refine their teaching of
Provides tools to help experienced and novice teachers standards-based mathematical practices. Small devotes
effectively and efficiently differentiate mathematics a chapter to each of the eight standards of practice and
instruction in grades K-8. This third edition includes key includes a discussion of what each standard looks like in
changes that will make it easier for teachers to use the tools in grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.
all quality state standards environments, as well as with many
new classroom examples for each grade band.

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115 TRIGONOMETRY PROBLEMS 105 ALGEBRA PROBLEMS FROM THE
FROM THE AWESOMEMATH SUMMER AWESOMEMATH SUMMER PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Titu Andreescu
Titu Andreescu & Vlad Crişan 2013 200pp
Jan 2018 200pp 9780979926952 Hardback £44.95 / €50.00
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Provides an introduction to central topics in elementary
Trigonometry finally receives the attention it deserves in algebra from a problem-solving point of view. This
this stand-alone book. The theory chapter is an invaluable introductory book uses both simple and challenging
pedagogical resource with lots of examples and guided examples which shed light on essential algebraic strategies
exercises. The subsequent chapters offer a collection of and techniques, as well as their application in diverse
carefully selected introductory through advanced problems meaningful problems.
and solutions intended to enhance the problem-solving skills
of the reader. 108 ALGEBRA PROBLEMS FROM
THE AWESOMEMATH YEAR-ROUND
NUMBER THEORY PROGRAM

Concepts and Problems Titu Andreescu & Adithya Ganesh
Titu Andreescu, Gabriel Dospinescu & Oleg Mushkarov 2014 210pp
9780988562271 Hardback £45.50 / €50.00
Oct 2017 686pp
9780988562202 Hardback £72.95 / €80.00 Covers classical topics in elementary algebra, including
factoring, quadratic functions, irrational expressions, Vieta’s
Challenge your problem-solving aptitude in number theory relations, equations and systems of equations, inequalities,
with powerful problems that have concrete examples sums and products, and polynomials. Expanding on the
which reflect the potential and impact of theoretical previous work in the series, 105 Problems in Algebra from the
results. Each chapter focuses on a fundamental concept or AwesomeMath Summer Program, this book features additional
result, reinforced by each of the subsections, with scores of more advanced topics, including exponents and logarithms,
challenging problems that allow you to comprehend number complex numbers, and trigonometry.
theory like never before.

110 GEOMETRY PROBLEMS FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL
OLYMPIAD

Titu Andreescu & Cosmin Pohoata

2015 249pp

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Presents a collection of carefully selected geometry problems
designed for passionate geometers and students preparing
for the IMO. This book presents a multitude of beautiful
synthetic solutions that are meant to give a sense of how
one should think about difficult geometry problems. Each
problem comes with at least two such solutions and with
additional remarks.

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111 PROBLEMS IN ALGEBRA AND LEMMAS IN OLYMPIAD GEOMETRY
NUMBER THEORY
Titu Andreescu, Sam Korsky & Cosmin Pohoata
Adrian Andreescu & Vinjai Vale 2016 369pp
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Showcases the synthetic problem-solving methods which
Algebra plays a fundamental role not only in mathematics, frequently appear in modern day Olympiad geometry. The
but also in other scientific fields. Without algebra there work is designed as a medley of the important Lemmas in
would be no uniform language to express concepts such as classical geometry in a relatively linear fashion: gradually
numbers’properties. Thus one must be well-versed in this starting from Power of a Point and common results to more
domain in order to improve in other mathematical disciplines. sophisticated topics, where knowing a lot of techniques can
This title covers algebra as its own branch of mathematics prove to be tremendously useful.
and discusses important techniques that are applicable in
many Olympiad problems. MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION

112 COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS A Powerful and Elegant Method of Proof
FROM THE AWESOMEMATH SUMMER Titu Andreescu & Vlad Crisan
PROGRAM
2017 432pp
Vlad Matei 9780996874595 Hardback £63.95 / €70.00
2017 196pp
9780996874526 Hardback £54.50 / €60.00 Serves as a very good resource and teaching material for
anyone who wants to discover the beauty of Induction and
Gives students a chance to begin exploring some its applications, from novice mathematicians to Olympiad-
introductory to intermediate topics in combinatorics, a driven students and professors teaching undergraduate
fascinating and accessible branch of mathematics centred courses. The authors explore 10 different areas of
around (among other things) counting various objects and mathematics, including topics that are not usually discussed
sets. This book includes chapters featuring tools for solving in an Olympiad-oriented book on the subject.
counting problems, proof techniques, and more to give
students a broad foundation to build on. PRISTINE LANDSCAPES IN
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
CUBAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIADS
Titu Andreescu, Cristinel Mortici & Marian Tetiva
Robert Bosch 2017 280pp
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Takes familiar ideas and extends them to a rich variety of
This books stems from the desire to publish Cuban National problems. The topics covered span algebra, geometry,
Mathematical Olympiad problems with elegant solutions and number theory, and even a few elements of mathematical
illustrations. It encompasses all problems from the 2001 to analysis. The “landscapes”presented provide a “view”into
2016 Olympiads, except for 2002, with thorough, in-depth areas that are not typically encountered in great depth
solutions. This work is a meticulous exposition with complete in standard coursework but nonetheless have profound
solutions to every problem, allowing readers to grasp the implications.
problem-solving techniques discussed.

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