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Author Sellars, Elaine.

Title Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2 : a Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills.

Publication Info. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (105 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Cover; Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Prisoners; 2. Handshakes; 3. Worms; 4. T-shape; 5. Pond Borders; 6. Rotten Apples; 7. Pilot; 8. Painted Cube; 9. Frogs I; 10. Frogs II; 11. Opposite Corners.
Summary 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, and refinement of method and extension of the original task is not the same as a straightforward quick-fix type problem. Both types of problem solving need to be taught. This book 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 thi.
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Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain -- Activity programs.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Great Britain.
Problem solving -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain -- Activity programs.
Problem solving -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain -- Activity programs.
Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lowndes, Sue.
Other Form: Print version: Sellars, Elaine. Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2 : A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9781853469602
ISBN 9781134155705 (electronic book)
1134155700 (electronic book)