Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers

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This is a fantastic resource for primary teachers as it explains the links and connections in maths and suggests the clearest way to teach concepts to children. There is still a huge reliance in the book of using bare numbers to explain concepts and a lack of use of concrete resources or visuals to demonstrate conceptual understanding and how to teach these concepts effectively to children. Every chapter integrates children’s learning, classroom practice, and teacher’s own requirements for subject knowledge, making this the ideal text to guide you through your studies and beyond. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Of particular use are the ‘teaching points’ sections and links to video explanations and further practice.

The activities in this photocopiable book gives Key Stage 2 pupils all the tools they need to gain fluency in multiplication and division up to their 12 times tables.Develop their problem solving by apply mathematical skills to real-life situations and through mathematical puzzles, problems and investigations.

Learning and Teaching points highlight important issues you may face in the classroom and provide practical guidance for teaching. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. There are also simple exercises you can complete yourself to test your knowledge after reading each section.

A Student Workbook is also available to accompany this book, including over 700 practice problems to help you understand, apply and teach primary mathematics. As well as his publications in the field of education, he has written seven books of Christian drama for young people and a Christmas musical (published by Church House/National Society). It is clear that this book is written by a teacher for teachers and its main objective is to ensure teachers understand the concepts behind what that they teach so that children will not just learn mathematics but understand mathematics. Ralph led the mathematics and physical education programmes for the Primary PGCE at the University of East Anglia until 2013.

With detailed solutions, explanatory notes and tightly mapped to the main book, the Student Workbook gets students practicing what they've learnt to help build confidence. This edition tackles written calculation algorithms with clarity and detail; the emphasis on children understanding these processes and how to support this is maintained throughout. The physical structure of chapters are well presented, and there is a good balance of colour, text, symbols, and pictorial representations.

Questions and quizzes: Achieve a firm grasp of concepts and a clear understanding with self-assessment questions and quizzes.