Get Them Thinking Like Mathematicians!
Published on 30. September 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-4729-0042-5 (ISBN)
Description
Why should children learn about mathematics? How does mathematical discovery impact on their lives and the opportunities available to them beyond school?
Get Them Thinking Like Mathematicians! combines practical activities to help children aged 7-13 develop their mathematical enquiry skills, with insights into the attitude that mathematicians apply to their craft. The activities explore different working methods - such as how mathematicians tap into and develop their creativity and how they solve problems and deal with contradictions - and are supported by strategies for thinking to develop children's numeracy skills. The activities also encourage students to build speculation and reasoning skills in order to understand and express their opinions about all subject areas.
Katherine Milner, mathematics teacher and consultant, provides the key concepts and learning benefits of each strategy, along with a series of activities, extension ideas and useful links. Related resources can be found on the series companion website.
Get Them Thinking Like Mathematicians! combines practical activities to help children aged 7-13 develop their mathematical enquiry skills, with insights into the attitude that mathematicians apply to their craft. The activities explore different working methods - such as how mathematicians tap into and develop their creativity and how they solve problems and deal with contradictions - and are supported by strategies for thinking to develop children's numeracy skills. The activities also encourage students to build speculation and reasoning skills in order to understand and express their opinions about all subject areas.
Katherine Milner, mathematics teacher and consultant, provides the key concepts and learning benefits of each strategy, along with a series of activities, extension ideas and useful links. Related resources can be found on the series companion website.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Hardback (stationery)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-0042-5 (9781472900425)
DOI
CBID169607
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Person
Katherine Milner is the head of the Katherine Milner Mathematics Consultancy which offers training, advice and support in order to improve the quality and enjoyment of mathematics teaching and learning in schools.
In addition to working as a freelancemathematics consultant, Katherine also teaches on undergraduate and postgraduatemathematics courses at the University of Northampton.
In addition to working as a freelancemathematics consultant, Katherine also teaches on undergraduate and postgraduatemathematics courses at the University of Northampton.
Content
Introduction \ 1. What does it mean to `think like a mathematician'? What do mathematicians do? What does it look like in the classroom? \ 2. Mathematical reasoning \ 3. Communication - verbal \ 4. Collaboration \ 5. Communication - written \ 6. Problem solving 7. Making decisions \ 8. Asking questions \ 9. Representation \ 10. Visualisation \ 11. Trial and improvement \ 12. Generalising \ 13. Hypothesising \ 14. Prove it \ 15. Checking \ 16. Finding relationships and patterns - making connections \ 17. Independence \ 18. Perseverance \ 19. Being `stuck'\ Index