Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics

Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics is a full colour, core textbook for anyone training to teach Maths at primary level. A self-audit is provided at the outset to assess your prior knowledge and highlight areas for your personal development. The book will then help you to develop your mathematical understanding by encouraging you to think mathematically. You will be asked to create an action plan to aid your development and this will also allow you to build up a portfolio of evidence to help you achieve QTS (Qualified Teacher Status). Rather than treating subject knowledge and pedagogy as two separate entities, the book sets maths subject knowledge in context, showing you how to apply it in the classroom, through models and cases of best practice. Misconception boxes appear throughout each chapter to highlight common misconceptions children have in maths and help you to make connections between different areas of mathematics so that your pupils will see mathematics as a whole rather than a series of separate and often disparate ideas. Case studies in each chapter also provide you with an exemplar lesson plan annotated by a new teacher which shows you how to deal with a common misconception. This book will help you to deliver Maths at primary level in a clear and confident manner.

ISBN 1405899506   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781405899505 (What's this?)   Pages 272 Publisher Pearson Education Limited   Weight (grammes) 618 Imprint Longman   Published in Harlow Format Multimedia Item   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 15 Jan 2010   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 372.7   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

* Teaching and Learning Primary Mathematics * What Should I Know? What Do I Know? * Using and Applying Mathematics * Counting and Understanding Number * Knowing and Using Number Facts * Calculating * Understanding Shape * Measuring * Handling Data * Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Early Years * Issues of Inclusion * ICT and Teaching and Learning Mathematics * The QTS Skills Test

This book is ideal for Teacher Trainee Students in developing their understanding of maths in the classroom. It's really well layed out and easy to understand. - Tami



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