Brief Description of the Foundations for Teaching Arithmetic CDROM

This CDROM supports the teaching of Number and arithmetic from early primary into junior secondary years. It explains the important mathematical principles underlying the subject and demonstrates how these can be explained to students and shows both expert performance and intermediate stages. It is useful for both practising teachers and teacher education students.

The CDROM Version 2 contains six topics. It has text, extensive graphics, slideshows and small movies demonstrating solution methods of various stages of sophistication.

Foundations for Teaching Arithmetic has been created by Professor Kaye Stacey and Ms Kyla Marston, with contributions from the mathematics education group at the University of Melbourne Faculty of Education.

Whole Numbers Fractions Decimals Negative Numbers Measurement Percent, Ratio and Rates

This is a still from a movie explaining division of fractions.

How does the online sample differ from the complete CDROM?

The online sample of the CDROM contains only the Fractions and Decimals topics in almost their entirety. The complete CDROM contains the additional five topics of Whole Numbers, Decimals, Negative Numbers, Measurement, Percent, Ratio and Rates.