|
|
Books > Children's & Educational > Mathematics
This volume brings together recent research and commentary in
secondary school mathematics from a breadth of contemporary
Canadian and International researchers and educators. It is both
representative of mathematics education generally, as well as
unique to the particular geography and culture of Canada. The
chapters address topics of broad applicability such as technology
in learning mathematics, recent interest in social justice contexts
in the learning of mathematics, as well as Indigenous education.
The voices of classroom practitioners, the group ultimately
responsible for implementing this new vision of mathematics
teaching and learning, are not forgotten. Each section includes a
chapter written by a classroom teacher, making this volume unique
in its approach. We have much to learn from one another, and this
volume takes the stance that the development of a united vision,
supported by both research and professional dialog, provides the
first step.
Written by an experienced author team, Collins Cambridge IGCSE (R)
Additional Maths Student's Book provides in-depth coverage of every
aspect of the latest Cambridge IGCSE (R) Additional Mathematics
0606 syllabus, for first teaching from 2018 and examination from
2020. Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education
First teaching: 2018 First examination: 2020. This resource also
covers the Cambridge O Level Additional Mathematics 4037 syllabus.
Cover the entire curriculum with confidence with clear references
to what students will learn at the start of every chapter. Build
upon student's IGCSE (R) Mathematics course with exercises designed
to test students' initial understanding and prepare them for
Additional Maths content. Consolidate understanding with tried and
tested questions in extensive practice exercises and detailed
worked examples, with hints on how to tackle tricky content. Help
students to prepare for their examination with a set of exam-style
questions at the end of every chapter, plus Cambridge questions
from previous papers. Support students in developing problem
solving skills with flagged questions and a problem-solving in
context feature that require students to apply their skills and
understanding. Emphasise the relevance of maths in the real world
with 'Why this chapter matters', showing maths in everyday life or
its place in historical developments. Deliver a fully international
course with international examples, contexts, names, currency and
locations. Help English as Second Language learners understand
complex mathematical terminology with clear key term definitions,
gathered in a glossary. Challenge students to stretch their skills
and understanding with flagged extension questions in both the
practice exercises and the chapter review questions. Support
students in assessing their own understanding of the content
through a progression checklist at the end of every chapter.
Encourage students to check their work with answers to all exercise
questions at the back of the book. Examination answers are only
available in the Teacher's Pack. This title is endorsed by
Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Abacus is a unique maths toolkit for inspiring a love of maths and
ensuring progression for every child. Written by an expert author
team, it has been carefully crafted on a robust approach to
creating inspired and confident young mathematicians. Year 2
Mastery Checkpoints 39 short activities, to be used throughout the
school year Designed to help you check mastery of key concepts
straight after teaching, enabling quick intervention for those
children who need it 'Have you mastered...?' questions aim to
assess mastery of the relevant outcome 'Champions' Challenge'
questions aim to assess whether some children have achieved mastery
with greater depth 'My Learning' pages provide opportunities for
children to reflect on their learning
REVISE 11+ is the smart choice for 11+ Maths preparation. This
Assessment Book: Provides realistic exam practice so that learners
can apply their skills Promotes independence with comprehensively
demonstrated answers Prepares for 11+ exams by offering the volume
of practice that tutors and teachers recommend. Preparation is more
than this Assessment Book! The REVISE 11+ series supports learners
at every step of the journey. All titles in the series are fully
integrated and work together to provide the best support for the
11+. Introduce key skills with the REVISE 11+ Maths Practice Book
1. Take the next step with REVISE 11+ Maths Practice Book 2.
Consolidate learning with the REVISE 11+ Maths Ten-Minute Tests.
This pack from CGP contains two sets of complete practice exams,
with detailed answers and mark schemes. They match the content and
style of the Edexcel Grade 9-1 Foundation Level Maths GCSE exams,
with a separate booklet for each paper - just like the real thing.
The mark scheme is straightforward to use, including hints and
tips, making this the perfect way to prepare for the exams.
Supports teachers' understanding of AO2 and AO3 through clearly
labelled AO2/3 questions in the exercises. Packed with graded
questions reflect the level of demand required, so students and
teachers can see their progression. Includes worked examples
throughout the book break the maths down into easy chunks. Uses
feedback to highlight common errors .
The Edexcel GCSE Foundation Mathematics Student Book for
Specification A provides everything you need to achieve exam
success. The fully accessible and differentiated Foundation Student
Book contains on-page levelling for all questions to guide students
on how they can achieve their target grade. Includes full support
for the new Assessment Objectives and exam-style questions to
ensure you have the best chance of success in your exams. Contains
support for Functional Maths with clear labelling in the Student
Book. ResultsPlus exam performance data has been combined with
valuable examiner insight to give students more tips and guidance
on how to achieve exam success.
This book presents innovative approaches and state-of-the-art
empirical studies on mathematics teacher learning. It highlights
the advantages and challenges of such tools as classroom videos,
concept cartoons, simulations, and scenarios. The book details how
representations of practice encourage and afford professional
development, and describes how these tools help to investigate
aspects of teacher expertise, beliefs, and conceptions. In
addition, the book identifies the methodological challenges that
can emerge and the obstacles educators might encounter when using
representations of practice. The book examines the nature of these
challenges and provides suggestions for solving them. It offers a
variety of different approaches that can help educators to develop
professional learning activities for prospective and in-service
teachers.
The goal of this book is to bring together the concept of
self-efficacy theory with practical how-to strategies for both
teachers and parents to use in heightening their students' levels
of self-efficacy. The book examines how self-efficacy theory
relates to the acquisition of mathematical competence. The text
also provides specific and practical how-to strategies for both
teachers and parents in applying these principles to classroom
mathematics instruction and activities. The self-efficacy practices
and applications to mathematics are also suitable for families
working with learners outside the school environment. Acquiring
mathematical skills requires more than knowing arithmetic tables,
memorizing rules, and knowing proofs. It requires a basic belief
that one is capable of obtaining this information, making sense of
it, and applying and generalizing it in mathematical problems. In
addition, a student must believe that obtaining these skills leads
to a positive outcome, whether it is perceived to be a good or
passing grade, comfort-level in tackling mathematical problems,
being able to advance to the next mathematics course, being able to
score highly on the math section of the SAT and/or be competitive
for a desired job. The ability of students to achieve and exceed
grade level competence in mathematics is addressed through the lens
of Albert Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory. This theoretical position
states that one will persist in mastering a behavior (in this case,
mastering mathematical principles and skills), in the face of
obstacles or failures-to the extent that one believes he or she has
the ability to do so, and that there is a desired outcome for doing
so. The research literature on the role of self-efficacy in
mathematic instruction is examined to demonstrate the validity of
using this concept to increase student (and parent/teacher)
confidence in learning and applying grade-appropriate math content.
Specific teaching methodologies will be provided that infuse
self-efficacy strategies for students. Lastly, teachers and parents
are provided strategies to increase their own self-efficacy when it
comes to conveying mathematics principles to their child or
student, as well as strategies to assess their students' level of
self-efficacy over time. Teaching and learning mathematics so that
students achieve success at their grade level or above can present
a variety of challenges. One barrier that affects learners is the
belief that one is not capable of learning mathematics or not
naturally talented in the field, not a "math person." As a result,
learners may not believe they are capable of a positive outcome for
achieving mathematics success. This book is an important resource
for pre-service and in-service teachers, as well as families in
applying the theory of self-efficacy to support learners in
becoming confident and assured in their ability to understand and
apply mathematical principles and procedures. Coupled with
classroom ready mathematics instructional strategies, the book
provides readers with the background, tools and strategies needed
to carry content success and confidence forward to remain
persistent in solving all future mathematical problems.
Covering grades D to A*, our Higher sets Student Book provides
complete support. * Includes clear grading of examples and
questions on the page so you are aware of the level you are working
at. * Contains support for the new assessment objectives and
Functional Maths with clear labelling on each page.
This book shows how the practice of script writing can be used both
as a pedagogical approach and as a research tool in mathematics
education. It provides an opportunity for script-writers to
articulate their mathematical arguments and/or their pedagogical
approaches. It further provides researchers with a corpus of
narratives that can be analyzed using a variety of theoretical
perspectives.Various chapters argue for the use of dialogical
method and highlight its benefits and special features. The
chapters examine both "low tech" implementations as well as the use
of a technological platform, LessonSketch. The chapters present
results of and insights from several recent studies, which utilized
scripting in mathematics education research and practice.
Mixing dinosaurs, counting and bedtime, children will love this
brilliantly fun board book with a shiny silver foiled cover! Once
upon a bedtime, these children could not sleep, so their helpful
mums and daddies said that they should count some sheep. Though
children think that sheep are nice, there's something they like
more, so instead of counting lots of sheep, they counted DINOSAURS!
What's the best way to help little ones fall asleep? Introduce them
to super cute dinosaurs, of course! And with stomping, laughing and
mischievous dinosaurs on every page, and a fun story showing
children how to count from one to twenty, this chunky,
child-friendly board book is set to become every child's new
favourite. The perfect board book for children, especially
dinosaur-loving ones! Chunky board book with shiny silver on the
cover Helps children learn how to count from one to twenty
Brilliantly fun story and beautiful, full-colour illustrations The
perfect first-gift for children Encourages children to love
counting as much as they love dinosaurs!
Pinpoint is a new series of activities and resources created to
provide you with highly focused resources for specific needs in
Maths. Box contains 2 sets of 60 activity cards and a 32 page book
of answers and teacher notes (A5 size) Rich independent
problem-solving tasks for exploring maths concepts in greater depth
Covers all strands of the Year 3 Programme of Study and
colour-coded for ease. Also matched to White Rose planning,
Curriculum for Excellence and Abacus, making it easy to find cards
for your lesson 3 levels of difficulty on each page (Towards,
Securing and Deeper) provide appropriate challenge for all Cards
begin with a low-threshold task (to stop children getting stuck and
provide problem-solving opportunities for all), and then progress
with real stretch for high attainers These resources are flexible
and easy to use, saving teachers time searching for differentiated
problems. The teacher notes provide additional hints and stretch
questions as well as answers. The activities prompt children in Y3
/ P4 to solve non-routine problems and reason mathematically in
increasing depth. They support mastery teaching by keeping a class
engaged on the same topic, with independent work of increasing
depth. The cards are colourful and engaging, featuring regular
characters who provide suggestions and encouragement. Two sets of
the activities are included to facilitate group work.
Mobile technologies influence the way that we interact with the
world, the way that we live. We use them for communication,
entertainment, information and research. In education settings,
there has been substantial investment in mobile devices, often
without a concomitant investment in developing pedagogy and
practices. With mobile technologies evolving rapidly, and the
number of educational apps growing, there is a need for research
into how they facilitate mathematics learning. Such research is of
particular importance regarding how such devices may be used to
open up new ways of envisaging mathematics and mathematics
education, and to help develop conceptual rather than procedural or
declarative knowledge. This volume draws upon international
research and reports on a range of research projects that have
incorporated mobile technologies for mathematics education. It
presents research on the use of mobile technologies, such as iPads,
iPods, iPhones, Androids, and Tablets, across a diverse range of
cultures, year levels and contexts. It examines the ways in which
mobile technologies, including apps, might influence students'
engagement, cognition, collaboration and attitudes, through the
reshaping of the learning experience. In addition, the book
presents appropriate ways to integrate mobile technologies into
teaching and learning programmes. It is a significant reference
book for those involved with teaching mathematics or using mobile
technologies in education, while also offering insights and
examples that are applicable to the use of digital technologies in
education generally.
This book addresses key issues of Technology and Innovation(s) in
Mathematics Education, drawing on heterogeneous ways of positioning
about innovation in mathematical practice with technology. The book
offers ideas and meanings of innovation as they emerge from the
entanglement of the various researchers with the mathematical
practice, the teacher training program, the student learning and
engagement, or the research method that they are telling stories
about. The multiple theoretical or empirical perspectives capture a
rich landscape, in which the presence of digital technology entails
the emergence of new practices, techniques, environments and
devices, or new ways of making sense of technology in research,
teaching and learning.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
disciplines play a pivotal role in societal progress and economic
prosperity, in addition to enhancing individual lives. However,
U.S. students lack strong STEM performance in an international
context. The pool of STEM?proficient workers is thus insufficient
to fuel the nation, with females being one group that is noticeably
absent. Out?of?school?time (OST) programs, which are on the rise,
are increasingly suggested as a way to support and encourage
females in STEM. Data collected from participants in OST programs
have shown improved achievement, interest, and confidence in STEM,
as well as greater awareness of STEM role models and careers.
Out?of?School?Time STEM Programs for Females: Implications for
Research and Practice features seven OST STEM programs for females
from across the United States that run one week to one year in
length. In this book, the chapter authors describe their programs,
the effectiveness of those programs, and practical implications of
their program evaluation data. This book is the first of its kind
to offer researchers, educators, school administrators, policy
makers, and others detailed insight into the promise and practice
of out?of?school?time STEM programs for females.
SHM Activity Books: Provide written records of pupils' work to aid
AiFL Reinforce fluency of number facts and mental calculation
strategies through structured development of each topic. Provide
topic assessments.
This book focuses on international research in statistics
education, providing a solid understanding of the challenges in
learning statistics. It presents the teaching and learning of
statistics in various contexts, including designed settings for
young children, students in formal schooling, tertiary level
students, and teacher professional development. The book describes
research on what to teach and platforms for delivering content
(curriculum), strategies on how to teach for deep understanding,
and includes several chapters on developing conceptual
understanding (pedagogy and technology), teacher knowledge and
beliefs, and the challenges teachers and students face when they
solve statistical problems (reasoning and thinking). This new
research in the field offers critical insights for college
instructors, classroom teachers, curriculum designers, researchers
in mathematics and statistics education as well as policy makers
and newcomers to the field of statistics education. Statistics has
become one of the key areas of study in the modern world of
information and big data. The dramatic increase in demand for
learning statistics in all disciplines is accompanied by tremendous
growth in research in statistics education. Increasingly, countries
are teaching more quantitative reasoning and statistics at lower
and lower grade levels within mathematics, science and across many
content areas. Research has revealed the many challenges in helping
learners develop statistical literacy, reasoning, and thinking, and
new curricula and technology tools show promise in facilitating the
achievement of these desired outcomes.
Category Description for Kumon Math Workbooks (1-6):
A math program based on the Kumon method. Basically, the earmarks of
this system are:
- Concepts introduced in small, incremental steps, allowing
children to master them without confusion
- Single topic books rather than mixed strands. Children
concentrate just on addition, for example, before moving to subtraction
- Concepts are taught by discovery method than being spelled
out
The series is meant to be self-directed. Students take charge of their
own learning on every level. They complete pages, check their work,
record their scores, and determine whether to move on or review. The
pace almost guarantees success. Children should work a "few" pages a
day; assignments should take about 20 minutes to complete. Pages are
marked with the skill level required at top and the points each
question is valued at (a very young child will need some help totaling
points). Very short instruction (or an example) is given on a few
pages. For example, there is a short explanation when children begin to
subtract a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number where borrowing is
needed. However, the child is given every opportunity to intuit this
beforehand. By the time he reaches this page, he has already been
subtracting double-digit numbers for many pages. Some of these would
require borrowing, but, since they are able to subtract, say, 7 from
12, the Kumon method wants the child to see a pattern when increasing
to 7 from 22, 7 from 32, etc. This does remind me of the approach used
in Miquon as well. Besides these very infrequent helps there are just
some small prompts for children to look for patterns in their answers,
and words of encouragement. Pages are pleasing to the eye; they are
colored, clean, and problems are well-spaced. The Kumon method has been
used successfully with children around the world for over 50 years. It
does seem like it would help a child to take charge of his own learning
and help himself to understanding rather than being spoon-fed each
bite. For Kumon math earlier than Grade 1, see the Kumon section in
Early Learning.
In this book, 23 contributors offer new insights on key issues in
mathematics education in early childhood. The chapters cover all
mathematics curriculum-related issues in early childhood (number,
geometry, patterns and structures and mathematics in daily life).
Special attention is given to teachers knowledge and innovative
research issues such as quantifiers among young children.
Contributors are: Abraham Arcavi, Ruthi Barkai, Douglas H.
Clements, Bat-Sheva Eylon, Dina Hassidov, Rina Hershkowitz, Leah
Ilani, Bat-Sheva Ilany, Candace Joswick, Esther Levenson, Zvia
Markovits, Zemira Mevarech, Joanne Mulligan, Sherman Rosenfeld,
Flavia Santamaria, Julie Sarama, Juhaina Awawdeh Shahbari, Amal
Sharif-Rasslan, Tal Sharir, Nora Scheuer, Pessia Tsamir, Dina
Tirosh and Ana Clara Ventura.
|
|