{"product_id":"using-and-applying-mathematics-at-key-stage-1-a-guide-to-teaching-problem-solving-and-thinking-skills-9781853469619","title":"Using and Applying Mathematics at Key Stage 1: A Guide to Teaching Problem Solving and Thinking Skills","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elaine Sellers | Sue Lowndes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: David Fulton Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: David Fulton Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Mathematics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll pupils - able children included - need to be taught strategies to enable their thinking skills to progress. They also need help with developing different approaches to problem solving. A sustained piece of work that requires perseverance, logical strategies, and refinement of method and extension of the original task is not the same as a straightforward quick-fix type problem. Both types of problem solving need to be taught. This book presents a series of activities that can be used with whole classes to provide a curriculum for the teaching of problem solving and the development of thinking skills. Each tried and tested investigation is clearly explained with ideas on how to introduce the task to a class, full solutions and resource sheets. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivities include making 10p: a task to encourage systematic listing; tables and chairs: working systematically and spotting patterns; polygons and polyhedra: investigating diagonals, triangles, faces, edges and vertices; hidden faces: investigating different shapes and sizes of dice; and pond borders: investigating area and perimeter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Fulton Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47590047154327,"sku":"9781853469619","price":4203.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781853469619.webp?v=1774969676","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/using-and-applying-mathematics-at-key-stage-1-a-guide-to-teaching-problem-solving-and-thinking-skills-9781853469619","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}