Early Numeracy: Assessment for Teaching and Intervention

By James Martland, Robert J. Wright, Ann K. Stafford, et al.

Book Overview

This book offers schools an assessment instrument to identify and deal with children who under-achieve in early numeracy. It will enable teachers, trainers and numeracy consultants to learn a distinctive and comprehensive approach to assessing and teaching arithmetical strategies.

Based on extensive long-term research, the authors′ Mathematics Recovery Program has been successfully applied by teachers in Australia (as Count me in Too), the United Kingdom and the USA, in specialist interventions and in general classroom settings.

This book focuses on the Learning Framework in Number (LFIN) which guides the assessment and teaching. This consists of eleven key aspects of early number development, including

- Identifying the stages of early arithmetical learning

- Strategies for adding and subtracting

- Knowledge of number word sequences and numerals

- Ability to reason in terms of tens and ones

- Developing strategies for multiplication and division

Other significant aspects covered include finger patterns, combining and partitioning numbers, the role of spatial and temporal patterns, and the use of base-five and base-ten strategies.

This book includes the instruments and practical guidance to administer the assessment and analyze the results; and guides teachers in moving children on to higher-order strategies.

Early Numeracy

complements the National Numeracy Strategy and other international initiatives, by providing a deeper, highly practical focus on the mathematical attainment and identified needs of young children.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761965297
• ISBN13: 9780761965299
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Chapman Publishing, Paul
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"