This invaluable guide for teachers contains a variety of strategies to develop students' learning skills. Covering everything from traditional learning approaches to more innovative methods, such as how technology and the media can be used to great effect, Duncan Grey writes accessibly and entertainingly. Brimming with top tips and innovative advice, this book will prove extraordinarily helpful to teachers everywhere.
This invaluable guide for teachers contains a variety of strategies to develop students' learning skills. Covering everything from traditional lear...
The new edition of this extremely practical guide equips teachers with a huge number of strategies for improving pupils' mathematics and problem-solving skills in the classroom. Mike Ollerton shows how active learning, equipment based and surprise perspectives can bring mathematics alive. This edition includes a brand new chapter on 'strategies and principles in mathematics classrooms'. Brimming with useful tips and inspirational advice on every aspect of teaching mathematics, this book will prove essential reading for maths teachers everywhere.
The new edition of this extremely practical guide equips teachers with a huge number of strategies for improving pupils' mathematics and problem-solvi...
""There is a necessary balance between knowledge and knowing how to find out - between having the key facts in your head, having the understanding of how to use them, and having the skill to draw on extra resources too. Information literacy is as important as traditional reading literacy and it incorporates a wide range of skills which are essential in the modern world. Many of the skills already feature in the curriculum, though because they are not usually brought together, too often there is no coherent approach to how they are learned. They are relevant to every teacher and every...
""There is a necessary balance between knowledge and knowing how to find out - between having the key facts in your head, having the understanding ...
The third edition of this bestselling book for teachers of secondary mathematics has been brought right up to date and benefits from an extra teacher voice. Together, the authors show how active learning and introducing an element of surprise can bring mathematics alive.
With a firm focus on problem solving, independent exploration, thinking skills and applying maths to real-life situations, this book contains new ideas, anecdotes and strategies including brand new chapters on functional mathematics, how to make best use of assessment, and teacher and curriculum...
The third edition of this bestselling book for teachers of secondary mathematics has been brought right up to date and benefits from an extra teach...
'provides an excellent synopsis of a range of different aspects of student learning ... a thorough and thought-provoking book ...' TES
'If I had to choose just one book to teach best practice for learning across the curriculum, then Getting the Buggers to Learn would be a hot contender. It is also an excellent resource for any thinking skills programme ... I wish I had had access to this book when I developed a research model for students at my school ... The book is clearly structured and sequenced and] it is easy to navigate your way round and find information quickly ... Don't...
'provides an excellent synopsis of a range of different aspects of student learning ... a thorough and thought-provoking book ...' TES