Teaching and Learning Early Nuber by Ian Thompson

Teaching and Learning Early Nuber by Ian Thompson

A guide to research into the teaching and learning of early number concepts. It examines the beliefs and number understanding of nursery and reception children, and provides an account of the role of counting in the acquisition of number understanding and in the development of derived fact strategies for addition, subtraction and multiplication.

"..a well-produced and effectively edited examination of a wide range of issues concerned with children's acquisition of the fundamental concepts of number." - Mathematics in School "...the book includes plenty of clear suggestions for practical action in the classroom. The style of writing throughout is clear and accessible. This is the kind of book that gives educational research a good name...Don't be fooled by the comfortable familiarity of thetitle. This is a radical and influential book, that ought to be read and acted upon, and that will continue to be quoted and discussed for some time to come" - T.E.S. "This is an outstanding book...I strongly recommend this book both for its analysis of early years mathematics and for the originality of the suggested classroom activities. It is an essential resource for early years teachers, primary teachers and teachers of special educational needs throughout the age groups." - Equals "This book will be usefulfor making teachers reflect on and analyse both their practice and strategies and to question their assumptions on children'scompetencies. It is suitable as a reference of other sources for teachers in training, academics and advisors." - Child Education

Ian Thompson taught in schools for nineteen years before taking up a post in Higher Education. He currently lectures in Mathematics Education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Observations of his own young children struggling to make sense of number concepts provided the stimulus for his research into children's idiosyncratic mental calculation strategies. This research later developed into a consideration of personal written algorithms. He feels that it is important that research findings are translated into a form accessible to busy teachers, and to this end publishes frequently in Child Education and the TES. He is a member of the Advisory Group for the National Numeracy Project.

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ISBN 13	9780335198511
ISBN 10	0335198511
Title	Teaching and Learning Early Nuber
Author	Ian Thompson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Open University Press
Year published	1997-06-16
Number of pages	176
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