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Improving Primary Mathematics Teaching and Learning

1st Edition

033524677X · 9780335246779

By Mary McAteer

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List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Primary mathematics teaching today
- Primary mathematics teaching today: Introduction and context
  Part 2: Teaching and learning in primary mathematics
  - Using children’s mathematical misconceptions to support teaching and learning
  - Children becoming expert symbol users
  - ICT and mathematics
  - Playing with pedagogy: The role of games in the teaching and learning of mathematics
  - Thinking beyond the classroom: Making mathematics real and purposeful
  - Learning difficulties in mathematics
  - Highly able children in ordinary classrooms
  - Talk: The key to mathematical understanding?
    Part 3: Developing practice in primary mathematics teaching
    Evidence-based mathematics teaching and learning
    Are the children thinking mathematically? The pedagogy of children’s mathematical graphics
    Teaching mathematics: Self-knowledge, pupil knowledge and content knowledge
    Transforming primary mathematics teaching through professional development
    Index

This book stems from the authors’ shared passion for primary mathematics teaching and offers an exploration of contemporary issues facing teachers. Drawing on research and case studies from practice, the book explores a wide range of concepts as starting points for professional reflection and personal development to improve teaching and learning in primary mathematics. Topics covered include:

Using children’s mathematical misconceptions to support teaching and learning
The role of talk in developing mathematical understanding
Evidence-based teaching and learning
Making mathematics real and purposeful beyond the classroom
The role of games in teaching and learning mathematics
ICT and mathematics

The book illustrates the ways in which professional development that is rooted in practitioner inquiry and research enables teachers to advance their practice, resulting in improved outcomes for their pupils.

Improving Primary Mathematics Teaching and Learning is appropriate for teachers undertaking professional development programmes (e.g. MaST, MA programmes), trainee teachers and staff on those programmes, both local authority and independent.

Contributors: Mike Askew, Sue Bailey, Elizabeth Carruthers, Victoria Grinyer, Alice Hansen, Lynne McClure, Effie Maclellan, Suzan Nelson, Carol Rushworth-Little, Steve Sherer, Ian Thompson, Vivien Townsend, Maulfry Worthington.

"In this book Mary McAteer brings together contributors with a wealth of experience in research and practice. The way in which practical and theoretical perspectives are brought to life with case studies and examples make it a highly readable text and every chapter adds new insights into children's mathematics learning."
Dr Julia Anghileri, University of Cambridge (retired)

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