Primary Mathematics Curriculum Guide

✍ Scribed by Harvey Blair, Pat Hughes

• Publisher: David Fulton Publishers
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 96
• Series: Fulton Study Guides
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a curriculum guide that gives trainee teachers the opportunity to follow a tried and tested primary mathematics curriculum course. The text is easy to follow, up-to-date with good current practice and utilizes materials produced by the DfEE for teachers. It includes interactive tasks to enhance understanding, tasks to consolidate learning at the reader's own level and pace, a full bibliography for further reading, common misconceptions which the reader will find in children's work, and a detailed look at the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) and the mathematics National Curriculum. The text will provide a firm foundation for teaching mathematics to primary school children and give the reader genuine confidence in their teaching. The text has been piloted by students following a distance learning primary PGCE and revised in line with their comments. The intention of the book is to provide secure subject knowledge for mathematics alongside an understanding of the ways in which children learn mathematics.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introducing the book's objectives
Chapter 2. The National Curriculum for mathematics
Chapter 3. The National Numeracy Framework
Chapter 4. Ma2: Number and algebra
Chapter 5. Ma3: Shape, space and measures
Chapter 6. Ma4: Handling data
Chapter 7. Using and applying mathematics
Chapter 8. Planning, assessing, recording and reporting
Chapter 9. ICT and mathematics
Chapter 10. References and further reading
Useful websites
Index