Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics

Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics is a full colour, core textbook for anyone training to teach Maths at primary level. A self-audit is provided at the outset to assess your prior knowledge and highlight areas for your personal development. The book will then help you to develop your mathematical understanding by encouraging you to think mathematically. You will be asked to create an action plan to aid your development and this will also allow you to build up a portfolio of evidence to help you achieve QTS (Qualified Teacher Status). Rather than treating subject knowledge and pedagogy as two separate entities, the book sets maths subject knowledge in context, showing you how to apply it in the classroom, through models and cases of best practice. Misconception boxes appear throughout each chapter to highlight common misconceptions children have in maths and help you to make connections between different areas of mathematics so that your pupils will see mathematics as a whole rather than a series of separate and often disparate ideas. Case studies in each chapter also provide you with an exemplar lesson plan annotated by a new teacher which shows you how to deal with a common misconception. This book will help you to deliver Maths at primary level in a clear and confident manner. Cover......Page 1 Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics......Page 5 Brief contents......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 17 Guided Tour......Page 19 1 Teaching and Learning Primary Mathematics......Page 23 2 What should I know? What do I know?......Page 33 3 Using and Applying Mathematics......Page 53 4 Counting and Understanding Number......Page 73 5 Knowing and Using Number Facts......Page 103 6 Calculating......Page 125 7 Understanding Shape......Page 147 8 Measuring......Page 173 9 Handling Data......Page 191 10 Teaching and learning mathematics in the Early Years......Page 213 11 Issues of inclusion......Page 225 12 ICT and teaching and learning mathematics......Page 237 13 The QTS skills test......Page 247 Glossary......Page 258 Index......Page 261 This title provides a core textbook for anyone training to teach maths at primary level. It presents the teaching of maths in context, showing how to apply it in the classroom through models and cases of best practice