Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 1: A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills (NACE/Fulton Publication)

Authors:  Elaine Sellars, Sue Lowndes

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, refinement of method and extension of the original task is not the same as a straightforward quick-fix type problem. Both types of problem soloving need to be taught. This text 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.

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Investigative Maths Year 2

Author:  Peter Clarke

Synopsis:  The Maths Additions range of supplementary resources provide focused resources, that target specific needs and offer classroom solutions. Investigative Maths provides teachers with an easy-to-use, no preparation resource that enables children to develop their investigative skills in the Daily Maths Lesson. Investigative Maths contains easy-to-use resources that enable children to / use and apply mathematics to solve problems arising from the environment; / reason and investigate questions that arise from maths itself; / practise their pure mathematical knowledge in an applied context; / apply their problem-solving skills in cross-curricular contexts that are topical, relevant and meaningful.

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