This practical and popular guide to children's common errors and misconceptions in primary mathematics is an essential tool for you as a teacher or trainee. It helps you plan for and tackle potential errors and enhances your understanding of the difficulties encountered in mathematical development. Providing guidance on how to identify common misconceptions, it explores how common misconceptions can be anticipated and addressed.

The book:

Is linked to the new National Curriculum and covers every objective.
Explores contemporary themes and approaches being used in primary classrooms and schools today.
Covers mastery approaches to teaching mathematics, exploring 'what is mastery'?
Gives support around preparing children for new statutory times tables test with new content and a deeper exploration of children's errors in multiplication.
Includes intervention strategies and scenario sections.

Autorentext

Alice Hansen is the Director of Children Count Ltd where she is educational consultant. Her work includes running professional development courses and events for teachers and teacher trainers, research and publishing. Alice has worked in education in England and abroad. Prior to her current work she was a primary mathematics tutor and the programme leader for a full-time primary PGCE programme at a large university in England.

Inhalt

Mindset, mastery and mistakes
Number: number and place value
Number: addition and subtraction
Number: multiplication and division
Number: fractions, decimals and percentages
Algebra
Measurement
Geometry
Statistics