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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This book shows how creative maths can really work. Exploring the ways in which maths skills can be learned through cross-curricular activities based on visual arts and music, the book presents maths as a meaningful and exciting subject which holds no fears for children. The authors recognise that while maths-phobia prevails in our increasingly mathematicised world, attitudes and approaches to... Read more
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Tessellations 3 Animation 4 Paper jewels 5 Kaleidoscopes and composition 6 Children as mathematicians
Biography
Rena Upitis is Dean of the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. Eileen Phillips is an elementary school teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia. William Higginson is Co-ordinator of the Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group at Queen’s University.
'This is a fascinating book ... which gives detailed case studies.' - Infant Equipment
