ABSTRACT

The Really Useful Maths Book is for all those who want children to enjoy the challenge of learning mathematics. With suggestions about the best ways to use resources and equipment to support learning, it describes in detail how to make learning the easy option for children.  An easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide packed with ideas and activities, it is the perfect tool to help teachers who wish to develop their teaching strategies.  

This accessible and comprehensive book covers both the practical side of mathematics and the theory and practice of mathematics teaching. Packed with ideas and activities, it is the perfect tool to help you to improve your teaching strategies. Topics covered include:

      • numbers and the number system
      • what teachers need to know about interactive teaching
      • calculating
      • consolidating new ideas and developing personal qualities
      • shape and space
      • measures, statistics and data handling
      • consolidation and practice for accuracy, speed and fluency.

The Really Useful Maths Book makes mathematics meaningful, challenging and interesting.  It will be invaluable to practicing primary teachers, subject specialists, maths co-ordinators, student teachers, mentors, tutors, home educators and others interested in mathematics education programmes.

Tony Brown was formerly the Director of ESCalate, the UK Centre for Education in HE at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, UK.

Henry Liebling formerly led Primary Mathematics Education at University College Plymouth, Marjon, UK.

part |1 pages

Part I

chapter 1|6 pages

N1 Counting and Counting Out

chapter 2|10 pages

N2 Saying and Making Numbers

chapter 3|6 pages

N3 Arabic and Other Number Systems

chapter 4|8 pages

N4 Working With Grids

chapter 5|6 pages

N5 Working With Target Boards

chapter 6|2 pages

N6 Working With Sets

chapter 7|2 pages

N7 Working With Square Numbers

chapter 8|8 pages

N8 Exploring Algebra

chapter 9|4 pages

Taking ideas from ‘floor to head’

chapter 1|4 pages

O1 Number Lines

chapter 2|8 pages

O2 The story of 24

chapter 3|10 pages

O3 Arithmetic operations

chapter 4|4 pages

O4 Arithmogons

chapter 5|10 pages

O5 Teaching Multiplication Tables

chapter 6|4 pages

O6 Divisibility Rules

chapter 2|8 pages

S2 Activities and Investigations

chapter 3|6 pages

S3 Working With Cloths

chapter 4|6 pages

S4 Unusual and Unfamiliar

chapter 1|10 pages

M1 Measures and Measurement

chapter 2|4 pages

M2 Data Handling and Using the Media

chapter 3|5 pages

M3 Statistics and Probability

part |3 pages

PART II DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES