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OverviewThis text provides an overview of the teaching and learning of numeracy in primary schools. It presents an accessible guide to current British and Dutch research into numeracy teaching. Leading researchers describe their findings and discuss implications for practising teachers. The projects include studies of effective teacher numeracy and ICT and numeracy, an evaluation of international primary textbooks, assessment, using and applying mathematics, and family numeracy. The book also includes chapters on pedagogy, focusing on the teaching of mental calculation, the transition from mental to written algorithms, the place of the empty number line, and the use of the calculator as a teaching aid. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian ThompsonPublisher: Open University Press Imprint: Open University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.370kg ISBN: 9780335203246ISBN 10: 0335203248 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 16 September 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9780335241538 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsPreface Part one: Numeracy: issues past and present Swings of the pendulum Numeracy matters contemporary issues in the teaching of mathematics Realistic mathematics education The national numeracy project Part two: Curriculum and research project issues Primary school mathematics text books an international comparison Using and applying mathematics at key stage 1 Family numeracy It ain't (just) what you do effective teachers of numeracy ICT and numeracy in primary schools Part three: Assessment issues Choosing a good test question Context problems and assessment ideas from the Netherlands Part four: Pedagogical issues Getting your head around mental calculation The empty number line as a new model Written methods of calculation Issues in teaching multiplication and division The pedagogy of calculator use Index.ReviewsThe authors have produced a valuable survey of developments in investigative work inthis book. - Education in Chemistry a very useful book. - British Journal of Curriculum & Assessment I found much to admire in this book, and I enjoyed reading it immensely. -Studies in Science Education "The authors have produced a valuable survey of developments in investigative work inthis book." - Education in Chemistry "a very useful book." - British Journal of Curriculum & Assessment "I found much to admire in this book, and I enjoyed reading it immensely." -Studies in Science Education Author InformationIan Thompson is senior lecturer in Mathematics Education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Observations of his own young children struggling to make sense of number operations and calculations provided the stimulus for his research into children's idiosyncratic mental and written calculation strategies which he began in 1986. He has written a substantial number of articles on this topic for academic and professional journals, and recently edited the book Teaching and Learning Early Number (1997). He was a member of the Advisory Group for the National Numeracy Project and was also a member of the team responsible for the training of the project's Numeracy Consultants. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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