The familiar chapter headings in Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: An Activity Approach will be convenient for those who wish to use the activities with the companion text, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach, or their current mathematics textbook. Many of the activity sets are independent and may be selected out of sequence. The activity sets can be effectively used in different class formats:

• A lab course based on the activity sets with outside readings from a reference text or journals.
• A combination lab and recitation course in which the activities are used as starting points followed by discussions or lectures based on extensions of the ideas raised in the investigations.
• A traditional lecture/recitation course with the activity sets as supplemental and used for outside assignments.