Nuffield Maths 1: Teacher's Handbook

This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, provides clear guidance on the content, methods and timing appropriate at each stage of the Nuffield Maths 5 - 11 project, which was developed to promote students' understanding of the concepts, as well as proficiency in the basic skills of mathematics.

The chapters in this handbook provide practical suggestions for teaching number, measurement and shape, using activities suitable for children with a wide range of abilities and backgrounds. Ideas for making worksheets, work-cards, charts, and models are also included, together with suggestions of how to deal with student's difficulties.

Sets and relations - Relations, different types of correspondence ▪ Early sorting experiences ▪ Sorting into subsets

Matching - Matching to find equivalent sets ▪ Two non-equivalent sets ▪ Three non-equivalent sets ▪ Pictorial representation and semi-tallying

Counting and numerals - Counting ▪ Matching a number symbol to a set ▪ Introducing number words ▪ The empty set ▪ Conservation of number

Ordering - Ordinal numbers ▪ Putting non-equivalent sets in order ▪ Signs, greater than, less than ▪ Tallying and pictorial representation

Towards addition - Composition of small numbers ▪ Addition of two disjoint sets ▪ Recording addition by mapping

Addition to 10 - Number bonds up to 10 ▪ Counting on ▪ Patterns in simple addition ▪ Picture problems ▪ Addition sign and vertical addition ▪ The addition square

Length - Descriptive language ▪ Comparing unequal lengths ▪ matching lengths ▪ Ordering ▪ Measuring with repeated units ▪ Using limb measures

Shape and space - Awareness of shape and space, extension of vocabulary ▪ Early sorting of 2-D and 3-D shapes

Weighing - Descriptive language, heavy and light ▪ Comparing, heavier than and lighter than ▪ Balancing ▪ Ordering

Time - Association, matching event to daytime or night-time ▪ Putting time sequence in order ▪ Comparisons, fast, slow and timing ▪ Graphs and charts

Money - Recognition of 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins ▪ Comparison of amounts of money, by matching and totals ▪ Using coins to make amounts up to 10p ▪ Early stages of shopping

Capacity - Full, empty and half empty ▪ Which hold more, visual judgement ▪ Finding capacity by counting ▪ Sorting containers ▪ Comparing by emptying and filling