A Student's Workbook for Mathematics in Class 8 (Making Maths Meaningful)

Jamie York

ISBN 10: 1782503218 / ISBN 13: 9781782503217

Published by Floris Books 2016-08-18, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Student's Workbook for Mathematics in Class 8 (Making Maths Meaningful)
• Publisher: Floris Books 2016-08-18
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782503218
• ISBN 13: 9781782503217
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Note that the Floris Books editions of Jamie York's books have been completely revised for UK and European notation, language and metric systems. They are also suitable for use in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Experienced maths teacher and consultant Jamie York believes that a love of learning comes through the teacher, so his books are committed to supporting teachers in developing their classroom skills and to fostering a love of maths in their students. Unlike conventional maths textbooks, his books are not full of fancy graphics and contrived ways to make maths
fun. Rather, they:

-- focus on the essentials, so teachers aren't overwhelmed by endless lists of required materials
-- are genuinely interesting and challenging, sparking students' enthusiasm for learning maths
-- are developmentally appropriate to the age of the child, thereby encouraging inner mathemetical awareness and thinking
-- favour depth over superficiality, to avoid teaching blind procedures to solve meaningless problems.

This student's workbook for Class 8 contains practice questions, with room for working, on all the topics a student needs to cover in Steiner-Waldorf Class 8 (age 14-15).

The book includes number bases, Pythagorean theorem, mensuration, percents and growth, and proportions and dimensional analysis.

Note that this workbook is also available in a pack of ten with a teacher’s answer booklet.

About the Author

Jamie York is a Steiner-Waldorf maths teacher and consultant, and creator of the Making Maths Meaningful programme. Born in Maine, he has taught maths at Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, Colorado for over twenty years. He consults for a variety of schools in the USA and internationally, and serves on the faculty at the Centre for Anthroposophy in Wilton, New Hampshire, training Waldorf high school maths teachers.