This is the perfect companion to Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers, 6th edition and now comes with over 800 questions! It covers adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing, times tables, fractions, measuring and shapes, with all the answers at the back of the book. Of particular use are the ‘teaching points’ sections and links to video explanations and further practice.

Worked examples of calculation methods are combined with useful insights into essential prior knowledge and understanding. Develop their problem solving by apply mathematical skills to real-life situations and through mathematical puzzles, problems and investigations. Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers develops your understanding of mathematical concepts and processes, and how children learn them, so you can confidently teach mathematics to primary children.Haylock and Manning's latest edition of this publication is still not improved enough in the numeracy section for me to recommend this to students. Haylock approached mathematical concepts in very approachable language and if it's not your strong point (like me), this is a great way of bettering your understanding. Bond Non-verbal Reasoning 10 Minute Tests for 11+-12+ years have been designed by Bond, the number 1 provider of 11+ practice materials.

The physical structure of chapters are well presented, and there is a good balance of colour, text, symbols, and pictorial representations. He has worked as a primary teacher and as a lecturer in primary teacher education for 18 years, following a career in IT.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Since working in a primary school I have referred to this book many times to develop my knowledge and understanding further and aids me to be able to offer more to the children I work with. QUESTIONS AND QUIZZES: Achieve a firm grasp of concepts and a clear understanding with self-assessment questions and quizzes. Every chapter integrates children’s learning, classroom practice, and teacher’s own requirements for subject knowledge, making this the ideal text to guide you through your studies and beyond.

This book provides practice questions that develop the core skills for success in non-verbal reasoning. The self-assessment tasks and suggestions for further reading should ensure that teachers feel well prepared to teach the mathematics contained in the book. There is still a huge reliance in the book of using bare numbers to explain concepts and a lack of use of concrete resources or visuals to demonstrate conceptual understanding and how to teach these concepts effectively to children. As well as his publications in the field of education, he has written seven books of Christian drama for young people and a Christmas musical (published by Church House/National Society).This edition tackles written calculation algorithms with clarity and detail; the emphasis on children understanding these processes and how to support this is maintained throughout. Clear, worked examples of calculation methods are combined with useful insights into the prior knowledge and understanding that children need.

There are also simple exercises you can complete yourself to test your knowledge after reading each section. I am able to follow the explanations as everything is made clear, the video guidance helps too along with knowledge checks.Checking Understanding questions are designed to help you check your own knowledge of terminology, understanding of key concepts and principles, and your mastery of important skills. He was a former founding member of the General Teaching Council for England and is engaged in supporting developing education projects in India. Major teaching points in number have been missed and the emphasis of using Dienes material and money for exploring place value and pre-partitioned shapes for fractions is unhelpful. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.