Helping Children Learn Mathematics, 5th Australian Edition

About the Authors xi

Preface xiii

Features of this text xiv

About this text xv

1. School mathematics in a changing world 1

2. Helping children learn mathematics with understanding 17

3. Planning and teaching 49

4. Enhancing learning and teaching through assessment and feedback 91

5. Processes of doing mathematics 129

6. Helping children with problem solving 157

7. Counting and number sense in early childhood and primary years 191

8. Extending number sense: place value 233

9. Operations: meanings and number facts 275

10. Mental computation, calculators and estimation 329

11. Solving problems with written strategies 365

12. Fractions and decimals: meanings and operations 409

13. Ratio, proportion and percentages: meanings and applications 459

14. Extending children with number theory 489

15. Pattern and algebraic thinking 523

16. Geometry (space) 561

17. Measurement 613

18. Data analysis, statistics and probability 665

Appendix A 709

Appendix B 721

Appendix C 731

Index 759