Making Numbers: Using manipulatives to teach arithmetic

Rose Griffiths

ISBN 10: 0198375611 / ISBN 13: 9780198375616

Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 2016

About this Item

Making Numbers shares exemplars of good practice drawing on the latest research on using manipulatives to develop understanding of arithmetic. Focusing initially on the teaching of numbers from 1-12, Making Numbers progresses to 200 and beyond, including ideas for teaching partitioning, arrays, and times tables. Making Numbers was written by experts with decades of experience in primary mathematics education, Professor Rose Griffi ths, Dr. Sue Gifford and Dr. Jenni Back, based on their Nuffield Foundation funded research and development project Using Manipulatives in the Foundations of Arithmetic. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Numbers: Using manipulatives to teach arithmetic
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198375611
• ISBN 13: 9780198375616
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Making Numbers shares exemplars of good practice drawing on the latest research on using manipulatives to develop understanding of arithmetic. Focusing initially on the teaching of numbers from 1-12, Making Numbers progresses to 200 and beyond, including ideas for teaching partitioning, arrays, and times tables.
Making Numbers was written by experts with decades of experience in primary mathematics education, Professor Rose Griffi ths, Dr. Sue Gifford and Dr. Jenni Back, based on their Nuffield Foundation funded research and development project Using Manipulatives in the Foundations of Arithmetic.

About the Author

Professor Rose Griffiths teaches at the University of Leicester on the Primary PGCE and on courses for experienced teachers. Rose has worked in pre-school settings, primary, special and secondary schools, and in adult and family education. She is a well-established author of materials for children, parents and teachers. Dr Sue Gifford works in primary mathematics education at the University of Roehampton, with preservice and practising teachers on Masters level courses. She was previously a London primary teacher and a mathematics advisory teacher. Her research interests are in early years mathematics education and children with mathematics difficulties. Dr Jenni Back is a freelance consultant in mathematics education with experience in teaching mathematics to children aged 3 to 19 years. She has been involved in initial teacher education and at Masters level with primary and secondary teachers at Middlesex University and the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching at Plymouth University.