1st Edition

Teaching for Mathematical Understanding Practical ideas for outstanding primary lessons

By Tony Cotton Copyright 2016
192 Pages 90 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 90 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 90 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

  Teaching for Mathematical Understanding develops the subject knowledge support and practical ideas from Tony Cotton’s Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics into resources for full lessons. With an emphasis on developing outstanding lessons using a problem-solving approach, this highly practical guide is packed with activities that all trainee and practising teachers can use in... Read more

1 How to use this book - teaching using a problem solving approach

2 Curriculum coverage

3 Problem Solving

4 Counting and Understanding Number

5 Knowing and Using Number Facts

6 Calculating

7 Algebra

8 Understanding Shape

9 Measuring

10 Handling Data

Glossary

Biography

Tony Cotton was previously Associate Dean and Head of Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Since 2012, he has been working as a freelance writer and education consultant. Tony has over 15 years’ experience teaching maths education and 10 years’ experience teaching mathematics in schools.