1st Edition

Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 2 A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills

By Elaine Sellars, Sue Lowndes Copyright 2003
104 Pages
by David Fulton Publishers

104 Pages
by David Fulton Publishers

104 Pages
by David Fulton Publishers

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... Read more
Introduction. 1. Prisoners. 2. Handshakes. 3. Worms. 4. T-shape. 5. Pond Borders. 6. Rotten Apples. 7. Pilot. 8. Painted Cube. 9. Frogs I. 10. Frogs II. 11. Opposite Corners.

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Elaine Sellars, Sue Lowndes