Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2 by Elaine Sellars

Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2 by Elaine Sellars

All pupils - able children included - need to be taught strategies to enable their thinking skills to progress. They also need help with developing different approaches to problem solving. A sustained piece of work that requires perseverance, logical strategies, and refinement of method and extension of the original task is not the same as a straightforward quick-fix type problem. Both types of problem solving need to be taught. This book presents a series of activities that can be used with whole classes to provide a curriculum for the teaching of problem solving and the development of thinking skills. Each tried and tested investigation is clearly explained with ideas on how to introduce the task to a class, full solutions and resource sheets. Activities include prisoners: a fun way of generating square numbers; handshakes: exploring arithmetic progressions; T-shape: an activity to lead pupils from numerical calculations to algebraic generalizations; frogs: encouraging systematic working and listing; and opposite corners: an advanced piece of work for independent learners.

Elaine Sellars and Sue Lowndes are experienced teachers and trainers who works across the UK in early years and key stages 1-4.

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ISBN 13	9781853469602
ISBN 10	1853469602
Title	Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2
Author	Elaine Sellars
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2003-02-14
Number of pages	104
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