ABSTRACT

Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator with widespread experience of teaching mathematics in the UK and internationally, Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics combines pedagogy and subject knowledge to build confidence and equip you with all the skills and know-how you need to successfully teach mathematics to children of any age.

This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest research developments and initiatives in the field, including a brand-new chapter on ‘Mastery and mathematics’ and ‘The Singapore approach’ which reflects the current international interest in these approaches to learning and teaching mathematics. Extra features also include helpful callouts to the book’s revised and updated companion website, which offers a shared site with a range of resources relevant to both this book and its companion volume, Teaching for Mathematical Understanding.

Stimulating, accessible and well-illustrated, with comprehensive coverage of subject knowledge and pedagogy, Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics is an essential purchase for trainee and practising teachers alike.

chapter Chapter 1|12 pages

Teaching and learning primary mathematics

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

What should I know? What do I know?

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Recent developments in mathematics teaching

Teaching for mastery

chapter Chapter 4|29 pages

Problem solving using mathematics

chapter Chapter 5|40 pages

Counting

Place value; fractions, decimals and percentages

chapter Chapter 6|25 pages

Knowing and using number facts

chapter Chapter 7|39 pages

Calculation

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

chapter Chapter 8|21 pages

Algebra

chapter Chapter 9|30 pages

Geometry

Properties of shapes; position and direction

chapter Chapter 10|21 pages

Measurement

chapter Chapter 11|21 pages

Statistics and handling data

chapter Chapter 12|24 pages

Teaching and learning mathematics in the early years

chapter Chapter 13|18 pages

Issues of inclusion