Supporting Numeracy: A Guide for School Support Staff (Supporting Learning Professionally Series) - Hardcover

Compton, Ashley; Fielding, Helen; Scott, Mike

 
9781412928908: Supporting Numeracy: A Guide for School Support Staff (Supporting Learning Professionally Series)

Synopsis

Written for support staff, this book offers tested numeracy strategies for working with students and provides tools for expanding a staff member′s own subject knowledge. Each chapter covers a different aspect of mathematics, highlighting key teaching points and common misconceptions, and case studies from teaching assistants bring the topics alive.

Readers will find guidelines for:

  • Delivering an overview of key mathematics topics
  • Introducing students to key numeracy concepts
  • Supporting learners who have difficulty understanding concepts and challenge students who have grasped them easily
  • Illustrating how numeracy links with other areas of the curriculum and with everyday life

This essential book for teaching assistants and support staff in early years and primary settings is particularly useful for anyone studying for a Foundation Degree.

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The School of Education, Nottingham

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9781412928915: Supporting Numeracy: A Guide for School Support Staff (Supporting Learning Professionally Series)

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ISBN 10:  1412928915 ISBN 13:  9781412928915
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007
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