Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 1: A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills (Nace/Fulton Publication)

Sellars, Elaine

ISBN 10: 1853469610 / ISBN 13: 9781853469619

Published by David Fulton Publishers, 2003

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005121040

Synopsis:

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 making 10p: a task to encourage systematic listing; tables and chairs: working systematically and spotting patterns; polygons and polyhedra: investigating diagonals, triangles, faces, edges and vertices; hidden faces: investigating different shapes and sizes of dice; and pond borders: investigating area and perimeter.

About the Author: Elaine Sellars, Sue Lowndes

Bibliographic Details

Title: Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage ...
Publisher: David Fulton Publishers
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good