Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2
A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
| Author: | Elaine Sellars, Sue Lowndes | ISBN: | 9781134155774 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | David Fulton Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Elaine Sellars, Sue Lowndes |
| ISBN: | 9781134155774 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | David Fulton Publishers |
| Language: | English |
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 thinking skills. Each tried and tested investigation is clearly explained with ideas on how to introduce the task to a class, full solutions and resource sheets.
Activities include prisoners: a fun way of generating square numbers; handshakes: exploring arithmetic progressions; T-shape: an activity to lead pupils from numerical calculations to algebraic generalizations; frogs: encouraging systematic working and listing; and opposite corners: an advanced piece of work for independent learners.
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 thinking skills. Each tried and tested investigation is clearly explained with ideas on how to introduce the task to a class, full solutions and resource sheets.
Activities include prisoners: a fun way of generating square numbers; handshakes: exploring arithmetic progressions; T-shape: an activity to lead pupils from numerical calculations to algebraic generalizations; frogs: encouraging systematic working and listing; and opposite corners: an advanced piece of work for independent learners.
