Using and applying mathematics at key stage 2 : a guide to teaching problem solving and thinking skills / Elaine Sellars and Sue Lowndes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sellars, Elaine, author.

Contributor:

Lowndes, Sue.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Activity programs--Great Britain.

Mathematics.

Problem solving--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Activity programs--Great Britain.

Problem solving.

Thought and thinking--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Activity programs--Great Britain.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Using and applying mathematics at key stage two

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>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 thi

Contents:

Cover; Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Prisoners; 2. Handshakes; 3. Worms; 4. T-shape; 5. Pond Borders; 6. Rotten Apples; 7. Pilot; 8. Painted Cube; 9. Frogs I; 10. Frogs II; 11. Opposite Corners

Notes:

First published in 2003 by David Fulton Publishers.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-15577-8

1-315-07013-8

1-134-15570-0

9781315070131

OCLC:

852759042