Teaching Number Sense / Edition 2

by Julia Anghileri

Overview

* What is number sense? * How does children's number sense develop? * What are the most effective teaching methods and resources? * How can research findings inform classroom practice? The fully revised second edition of the best-selling 'Teaching Number Sense' is the book to help you answer these questions, and more. This new edition boasts a new chapter on 'Numbers in Context' as well as a wealth of material on all the latest trends and innovations in mathematics teaching to support children's learning. It is a specialist text that uses a balance of theory and practice to help teachers deal with the problems and issues they will encounter in mathematics teaching, including examples for use specifically in the classroom. This book will prove essential reading for trainee and established mathematics teachers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826486875
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/15/2006
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Julia Anghileri is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is a consultant to the both the National Numeracy Strategy and the QCA.

Table of Contents

1. Making sense of numbers 2. Counting and coming to know numbers 3. Towards a system of symbols 4. Addition and subtraction 5. Multiplication and division 6. Written calculations 7. Decimals, fractions and percentages 8. Numbers in context 9. Teaching approaches