Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2: A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills

By: Elaine Sellars and Sue Lowndes

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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 prisoners: a fun way of generating square numbers; handshakes: exploring arithmetic progressions; T-shape: an activity to lead pupils from numerical calculations to algebraic generalizations; frogs: encouraging systematic working and listing; and opposite corners: an advanced piece of work for independent learners.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781134155774
Related ISBNs:: 9781315070131, 9781138157118, 9781138157118, 9781853469602, 9781853469602
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/22/20
Copyrighted By:: Elaine Sellars and Sue Lowndes.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Mathematics and Statistics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.