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In Russia, everyone knows it by this nickname: "Kiselev's Geometry."
It is by far the most famous Russian textbook, in all subjects, ever.
It has been published over 40 times in dozens of millions of copies, and
lived through many epochs, wars, reforms and revolutions - and not only in
education.
Now it is translated into English and adapted to fit common guidelines
for a high-school level course in plane geometry in the US.
The book is equally
suitable for homeschooling, regular classes, teachers' professional
development, or independent study. Reviewers and editors of former editions
uniformly emphasize exceptional clarity of exposition, which makes
the book accessible to 7th-graders.
Unlike numerous other textbooks in the same subject, "Kiselev's Geometry"
is good not only for being studying
geometry, but also for having learned it.
And it is a beauty too: for both its content and its looks.
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It is a guide for parents who wish to be involved in the mathematics studies of their children. The principles of first to sixth grade arithmetic, and methods of their teaching, are described in a clear and simple way. This is also a book of second chance for those who wish to revisit their childhood mathematics from a new, mature perspective. It is also a must read for elementary school teachers, as well as for their college instructors.
To a mathematics educator, the book sends two important messages. One is that basic mathematics, although unsophisticated, is rather deep, consisting of many neatly aligned layers, none of which can be skipped without the danger of causing "math anxiety." The other is that good pedagogy depends not so much on various tricks and cognitive theories, but on thorough understanding of basic mathematics and its neatly layered structure. And the book teaches the reader to really understand the subject and its structure.
By Linda Seebach, from her ''Opinion'' column in
Rocky Mountain News:
A couple of years ago I wrote a column about Israeli mathematician Ron Aharoni, and what he learned about math when he taught it to elementary schoolchildren. He expanded his ideas into a book, Arithmetic for Parents, and because he'd seen the column, the publisher of a new English translation sent me an e-mail asking if I would like to see a review copy. (...); The subtitle is A Book for Grownups About Children's Mathematics, and it's aimed at parents who want to help their children with math, or for that matter at any adult who'd like to revisit the mathematics of their childhood in the hope that it would be less traumatic on the second go-round. It's excellent, and I would expect that many math teachers would benefit from reading it.(...)
By Megan R. Bovill, in Mathematical Association of America, online book review column "Read This!"
(...) Arithmetic for Parents is a very enjoyable read: quick, easy, light, digestible. (...); Aharoni illuminates the inner workings of arithmetical algorithms, making the logic clearer even to someone who is well practiced in math. He offers a glimpse into the minds of children, explaining how to break down arithmetic into bite-size pieces appropriate for students who need or want to see the exact process in order to make sense of it. (...) All in all, I am very glad that I read the book and feel that I benefited from what it had to offer. (...) Ultimately, Aharoni does a fabulous job of breaking down algorithms and explaining thoroughly why each step is occurring and how to make sense of it. His ability to understand and address young children s difficulties in mathematics is impeccable.
By Maria Miller,
at Homeschool Math Blog:
I want to tell you a little bit about this book, because I think it is exceptionally good, and a very worthwhile book to read if you're a teacher OR a parent. Ron Aharoni (...) was in for a big surprise when he entered the fourth, fifth, and first grade classes in a backward town in northern Israel, in 2000. (...) During his teaching career in the elementary school he actually learned a LOT of mathematics ... not new facts, but subtleties: how that concepts we adults think are easy, are actually built upon other simpler concepts and notions, and how children need to be explained ALL those little steps. (...)