Guides to Assessment in Education: Mathematics
Teachers make assessments all the time for a whole variety of reasons. Assessment is essential to teaching. It has to be acknowledged that although getting to know students thoroughly is part of a teacher's expected load, assessment does represent a noticeable burden. Above all, the report tries to emphasize assessment as a…
Sorting
This resource from Maths Chest 3 contains detailed teacher notes for running activities on logic. The topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities, group activities and individual activities. At the end of each topic there are opportunities for reinforcement and extension and suggestions…
Measure - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 14 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Measure - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 11 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 22 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the…
Number - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains the teachers' notes for running activities on number including: recognising, counting, ordering, number bonds, addition and subtraction. It is divided into 19 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 22 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the…
Shape and Space
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on shape and space. It is divided into four topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led…
Measure - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 20 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Pictorial Representation
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains detailed teacher notes for running activities on graphs. It contains one topic which contains work on making and interpreting block graphs. The topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities, group activities and individual…
Maths Chest 3: Introduction and Student Materials
This resource contains an Introduction to Maths Chest 3 detailing its aims and how it was designed to be used. It also includes the teaching materials needed to deliver it successfully. The scheme is organised into the following topic areas: • Sorting • Pictorial representation • Measure • Shape and space •…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: recognising, counting, ordering, number bonds, addition and subtraction. It is divided into 19 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic…
Shape and Space
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on shape and space. It is divided into four topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led…
Measure - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 14 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Pictorial Representation
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on graphs. It is divided into two topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities,…
Sorting
This resource from Maths Chest 2 contains the teacher notes for running activities on sorting. It is divided into four topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities, group activities and individual…
Maths Chest 2: Introduction and Student Materials
This resource contains an Introduction to Maths Chest 2 detailing its aims and how it was designed to be used. It also includes the teaching materials needed to deliver it successfully. The scheme is organised into the following topic areas: • Sorting • Pictorial representation • Measure • Shape and space…
Maths Search
These books, written by Jean Head, contain a variety of problems, investigations and practical work for use within the classroom. The ideas were gathered from many different sources in the hope that they would form the basis of a bank of resources. All the initial starting ideas were tried in local schools and any relevant comments…
Kent Mathematics Project Level Two
This resource from Ward Lock Educational consists of a series of work cards and a book of tests relating to the content of the work cards. At present only the test book is available. Further resources will be added in due course. The Kent Mathematics Project was developed to accommodate students' ability rather than focussing…
Kent Mathematics Project Level One
This resource from Ward Lock Educational consists of a series of work cards and a book of tests relating to the content of the work cards. At present only the test book is available. Further resources will be added in due course. The Kent Mathematics Project was developed to accommodate students' ability rather than focussing…
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Mathematical Beginnings: Problem Solving for Young Children
This resource from Claire Publications contains ideas which aim to develop children's knowledge and understanding of mathematics by involving them in a wide variety of enjoyable and stimulating problem solving activities. The authors believe that the only purpose in learning mathematics is to solve problems and that children…
Step by Step: Flight Two Level Two
Flight Two Level Two, published by Blackie Chambers, provides the following: Introduction contains detailed syllabi with the areas covered including a full index. Teacher guidance for number books contains details of the learning processes and approaches in the areas listed below: • Place value uses physical representation…
Children Learning Mathematics - a Teacher's Guide to Recent Research
The Low Attainers in Mathematics Project has two aims; to bring to the notice of teachers the current knowledge about learning processes in mathematics which resulted in the writing of this book and to provide information to teachers and advisers about the ways in which primary, middle and secondary schools deal with students who…
Calculator Workshop
A collection of seventy four activities designed for use with a calculator. Topics covered include all four operations of number, number bonds, number machines, factors, missing signs, fraction to decimal conversions, areas of rectangles, perfect squares, factorials and investigating the ratio of two consecutive Fibonacci numbers. Activities…
Bounce to It!
A collection of forty six mathematical investigation ideas suitable mainly for primary students with some suitable for lower secondary students. The activities in the booklet cover: enlargements, halving, colouring flags, matrices for young children, using isometric paper, using triangles to produce hexagons, addition and subtraction…
Working with Number Lines
This resource from ILEA Learning Resources explains that before students can form abstract mathematical ideas they invariably need experience in the physical world, and they also need to talk and think about this experience. Making and using number lines allows opportunities for students to develop an understanding of the structure…
Starting Games
Starting Games, the first in series of three books of mathematical games from Spectrum written by Dave Kirkby. It was produced mainly for the primary years and those students working at National Curriculum levels one to three. This book contains forty games, each in the form of: • a photocopiable gameboard or score sheet; •…
Mathematics from 5 to 16: Responses to Curriculum Matters 3 1987
A resource from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). This booklet from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate (HMI) was a response to Mathematics from 5 to 16 1985, which was the third in a series intended to stimulate discussion about the curriculum as a whole and about its individual components. All responses from the consultative…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1989
The National Curriculum for Mathematics was introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a nationwide curriculum for primary and secondary state schools following the Education Reform Act 1988. The purpose of the National Curriculum was to standardise the content taught across schools in order to raise standards of attainment…
Step by Step: Flight Two Level One
Flight Two Level One, published by Blackie Chambers, provides the following: Introduction contains detailed syllabi with the areas covered including a full index. Teacher guidance for number books contains details of the learning processes and approaches in the areas listed below initially for numbers up to 20 and later for…
Step by Step Flight: One Teachers' Resource Book
Flight One Teachers' resource book, published by Blackie Chambers, provides the following: Introduction contains a detailed syllabus for this scheme as well as advice on record keeping and organisation of materials. Summary of topics lists the topics covered and the units where they can be found. Sets (Units 7, 6, 9)…
Making a Start
This booklet, the Mathematics Centre at the University of Chichester, is about beginnings. Here teachers and students are tackling unfamiliar interactions as the students are playing games, investigating, discussing and problem solving. The contributing teachers all met initially as members of courses run by the Mathematics Centre,…