Elementary Geometry for Teachers

Elementary Geometry for Teachers by Thomas H. Parker. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780974814056.

Elementary Geometry for Teachers is the sequel to Elementary Mathematics for Teachers (EMFT) by Parker and Baldridge. Elementary Geometry for Teachers is designed for the second semester of a mathematics course for prospective elementary teachers that is taught by mathematics faculty. This text takes prospective teachers through the development of measurement and geometry in grades K-8; it also includes material on probability and data analysis. Elementary Geometry for Teachers covers both the mathematics and other aspects of the K-8 geometry curriculum. For this purpose, this text — like EMFT — is used in conjunction with six school textbooks from Singapore (two of these are also used with EMFT). The homework sets include exercises that ask students to read a section in a Primary Mathematics book, do the problems, and then study the material from a teachers’ perspective, thinking about which skills are developed, how the problems are organized, what the prerequisite knowledge is, what order topics are developed, etc.