"Maths in the Mind "suggests starting points for encouraging children to become fluent and independent thinkers in math lessons. It presents ideas for building on strategies that children acquire naturally before they come to school, and outlines a rich variety of strategies that research has found children develop as they become more competent at mathematics.
The activities presented in this book encourage children to use and develop these strategies as part of their mathematical thinking across the full range of the primary school. The activities have been extensively trialled in the classroom as the photographs which accompany the text demonstrate.
"Maths in the Mind" emphasizes the processes involved in mathematical thinking rather than "the right answer."
Children are encouraged to explore, to delve into what they do know, and this reduces the sense of helplessness that can occur when they don't know what to do.
" Maths in the Mind" complements "Mathematics in Process, " also written by Ann and Johnny Baker.
- ISBN10 0435083163
- ISBN13 9780435083168
- Publish Date 1 July 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 October 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Heinemann
- Format Paperback
- Pages 120
- Language English