1st Edition
Maths and ICT in the Primary School A Creative Approach
By Richard English
Copyright 2006
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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By clearly outlining how ICT can enhance and improve children’s learning, this book shows how to unleash the full potential of ICT within the classroom. Stimulating, useful and free of jargon, the book provides many practical examples to show teachers where, when and how ICT can be used effectively within their maths teaching. It provides advice on:
- teaching creatively
- choosing ICT resources
- differentiation
- assessing ICT
- making the most of adult support.
Rooted in the practical realities of the classroom, this book will support both trainee and qualified teachers in providing rich and creative maths experiences through the use of ICT.
Chapter 1 Using ICT in mathematics; Chapter 2 Transforming your maths teaching with an interactive whiteboard; Chapter 3 Using one computer to support whole-class teaching; Chapter 4 Pupils using computers in the classroom; Chapter 5 Teaching mathematics in the computer suite; Chapter 6 Using calculators in mathematics; Chapter 7 Using ICT in mathematics in Foundation Stage; Chapter 8 Using ICT to support out-of-school mathematics; Chapter 9 Looking forward, looking back;
Biography
Richard English is a Programme Director of the Primary PGCE at the Institute of Learning, University of Hull.
'Primary maths teachers not at home with IT who who wish to make a start will certainly find this book a great help.' - British Journal of Educational Technology
