Summary
Contents
Subject index
What do I need know about mathematics to teach it effectively in primary schools? How do children learn mathematics? How do I teach it? What does a good primary mathematics lesson look like? Teaching primary mathematics is a complex business. This text will help. Covering all of the areas of the new National Curriculum for primary mathematics and offering insight into effective teaching, it helps you connect what you need to teach to how it can be taught. It helps you see the opportunities in the new curriculum for creative and imaginative teaching and shows you how to capitalize on opportunities to develop children's reasoning and problem solving skills. It explores how you can make links between mathematics and children's lived experiences to enhance their learning, There is an overwhelming range of ideas and resources available on-line, but how do you assess their quality? This book helps you to develop an ability to plan with discernment. Making the most of existing thinking and research, but confident in your ability to adapt and customize ideas for your children, in your school. This text is a comprehensive guide to the teaching of primary mathematics. It will help you secure your subject knowledge and transform your teaching. A guide to effective primary mathematics teaching. All subject knowledge required to teach the new National Curriculum for primary mathematics alongside an exploration of how children learn and how successful lessons can be shaped.
Problems in Learning Mathematics
Problems in Learning Mathematics
Learning Outcomes
In this chapter we will explore what might lie behind a child's difficulty in acquiring basic mathematics skills and what kind of classroom support can help such pupils. The key learning objectives for the chapter are:
- to consider maths anxiety;
- to appreciate the role of working memory in learning maths;
- to increase your understanding of dyscalculia and its effect on learners;
- to recognise some of the indicators that could help you spot children with dyscalculia;
- to explore ways of supporting dyscalculic pupils at school.
Teachers' Standards
- Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
- Make accurate and productive use of assessment
- Fulfil wider professional responsibilities
Introduction
All children are individuals who learn and develop at their ...
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