Shape and Space: Activities for Children with Mathematical Learning Difficulties

ISBN-13: 9781853469497 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 64 str.

Mel Lever;Lever Mel

Opis

This short series of three books - "Number," "Shape and Space" and "Measures and Handling Data" - gives teachers and parents a range of ideas to help children with mathematical learning difficulties get to grip with mathematics. In order to help these children effectively, statements and teaching points need to be rephrased and produced in a variety of ways, using concrete and pictorial aids. The activities in these books aim to help teachers to offer children a wide-ranging mathematical vocabulary - adding meaning to the words children already use rather than just adding words to their repertoire. These activities are flexible and can be used in order with children of a range of ages and ability levels. Activities focusing on shape and space include: symmetry; shapes and patterns; properties of shapes; points of the compass; angle and turn; measurement of angles and use of compass and protractor; and coordinates.

Spis treści

Foreword, Introduction to the Series, Acknowledgements, 1. Shape and Space: Introduction, 2. Memory Training, 3. Using Everyday Language to Describe, 4. Marlon Maths, 5. Language Extension Using Multilink, 6. Shapes, 7. Symmetry, 8. Symmetry Using Squared Paper, 9. Rotational Symmetry, 10. The Language of Turn and Angle, 11. Making Circles, 12. Further Work on Angles, 13. Making Turns, 14. Points of the Compass, 15. Making and Using 3D Shapes, 16. Coordinates

O autorze

Mel Lever