Numeracy and Learning Difficulties

Description

This book, by Peter Westwood, includes advice on how to tackle common learning difficulties by following different teaching practices and principles. It identifies gaps in students’ knowledge and develops curricula to bridge those gaps. It recommends ways of improving numerical literacy using problem-solving strategies and skills, and supplies a handy checklist of benchmarks in achievement. Included as an appendix is his ‘One Minute Basic Number Facts Tests’ normed for pupils between 6 and 11 yrs.