Free Download Ian Thompson, "Teaching And Learning Early Number"
English | 2008 | pages: 252 | ISBN: 0335234119 | PDF | 1,9 mb
"This richly varied text offers generous support for every aspect of the teacher’s role, while constantly reminding us that mathematical activity is not a de-contextualised skill that children possess, but part of their identity, their way of being in the world, engaged with the world, energetically – and playfully – trying to make sense of it."
Mary Jane Drummond, formerly of the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UKTeaching and Learning Early Number is a bestselling guide for all trainee and practising Early Years teachers and classroom assistants. It provides an accessible guide to a wide range of research evidence about the teaching and learning of early number.
Major changes in the primary mathematics curriculum over the last decade – such as the National Numeracy Strategy, the Primary National Strategy, the Early Years Foundation Stage and the Williams Review – have greatly influenced the structure of this new edition. The book includes:
– A new introductory chapter to set the scene
– Six further new chapters – including Mathematics through play, Children’s mathematical graphics and Interview-based assessment of early number knowledge
– Six completely re-written chapters and two updated chapters
– A new concluding chapter looking to the future The chapters can be read in a standalone fashion and many are cross referenced to other parts of the book where specific ideas are dealt with in a different manner. Issues addressed include: new research on the complex process of counting and on children’s written mathematical marks; counting in the home environment and play in the school setting; the importance of mathematical representations and of ICT in children’s understanding of number; errors and misconceptions and the assessment of children’s number knowledge.