Elementary Education Mathematics Textbook analysis

Textbook Analysis
Mathematical Tools

Mathematical tools are objects or ideas that teachers utilize to demonstrate and teach concepts in all areas of math. These mathematical tools include hands-on activities such as: games, worksheets, additional resources, literature. Textbooks should be evaluated on how they use mathematical tools in each chapter and lesson. Some tools are essential when teaching a lesson out of the textbook and others are optional or for use by the teacher only. It is important to evaluate how well the students use the tools to understand mathematical concepts. And lastly it is important that the text uses a variety of tools to assess one single concept.

In the Silver Burdett Ginn Mathematics textbooks we examined probability and statistics. There are many mathematical tools that are essential in teaching these lessons. The first is Discussion Starters (Grade 4, Chapter 4, pg 133). The textbook gives you exactly five straight forward questio...