Developing Numeracy in the Secondary School - A Practical Guide for Students and Teachers

Informationen zum Autor Howard Tanner and Sonia Jones are both senior academics at the University of Wales, Swansea and authors of Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics (Routledge). Alyson Davies is Head of the Mathematics at Birchgrove Comprehensive School, Swansea. Zusammenfassung The book includes examples of pupils' work; lesson plans and pupil activities; ideas for using ICT to enhance mathematics; teacher guidance on both teaching and assessment; and ideas for developing numeracy across the curriculum. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements -- Preface -- SECTION Issues in numeracy and mathematics teaching and learning -- 1 What is numeracy? -- 2 Comparing mathematical performance — what can we learn from overseas? -- 3 Numeracy initiatives -- 4 Making connections and developing concepts -- 5 Numeracy, mathematical thinking skills and problem solving -- 6 Assessment for learning -- SECTION 2 Numeracy in practice: lesson ideas from the classroom -- 7 Developing numeracy within number and calculations -- 8 Algebra -- 9 Shape and space -- 10 Data handling and probability -- SECTION 3 Plenary: developing numeracy across your own school -- 11 Developing numeracy across the curriculum -- 12 Improving numeracy in your own school -- Bibliography -- Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alyson Davies, Davies Alyson, Sonia Jones, Jones Sonia, Howard Tanner, Howard Jones Tanner, Tanner Howard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2002
• EAN: 9781853468131
• ISBN: 978-1-85346-813-1
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, Education, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Mathematics