Sue Gifford

Teaching Mathematics 3-5: Developing Learning in the Foundation Stage

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Produktbeschreibung

Compelling research on how to teach mathematics to young children Teaching Mathematics 3-5 provides a research background for adults helping three- to five-year-olds learn mathematics, including social and emotional processes as well as key mathematical ideas and common difficulties. It includes implications for practice and proposes a playful and sensitive approach, and answers the questions:

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education / Open University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 137mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780335216864
• ISBN-10: 0335216862
• Artikelnr.: 21468186

Autorenporträt

Sue Gifford has worked for many years in primary mathematics education as teacher, consultant and lecturer. She has researched mathematics learning in early years settings and worked with practitioners and official bodies in developing curriculum and publishing guidance. She currently works at Roehampton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Between the secret garden and the hothouse: recent changes in early years mathematics Section 1 What do we know about how young children learn mathematics? A holistic approach 1 Cognitive processes 2 Emotional processes 3 Social processes 4 Physical processes Summary of Section 1 Section 2 Practical Pedagogy 5 Contexts for learning 6 Interactive teaching strategies 7 Teaching systems: planning and assessment Section 3 The mathematics curriculum 8 Number 9 Shape and space 10 Measures 11 Problem solving Conclusion References Index