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Book Description
This blackline masters bookcontains a learning outcomes approach to mathematics education meaning studentsand teachers need many and varied opportunities for students to demonstratetheir learning and their understanding. In order to make more accurateassessments of students’ understanding, and therefore place them carefullywithin the levels described in the curriculum document, activities are neededwhich address two important aspects:The activities provided in thisbook are based on realistic situations which school students of age 9 - 10 couldexpect to be familiar with or to face.The strategies in this bookinclude: Guess and Check; Create a Diagram; Use a Table; Logical Reasoning; Make a Table; Find a Pattern; Work Backwards; Solve an Easier Version.Each strategy is applied toproblems across the math curriculum incorporating the strands of: Number Space Measurement Chance & Data
To be as accurate as possible in determiningstudents’ current level of numeracy, those students must be givenopportunities to demonstrate their understanding through activities which reallyshow what they are able to do, as well as what they are not. Scoring 100% in apage of exercises tells teachers that a student has learnt what was taught, andcan be useful information for checking that criteria have been met, but may notbe a demonstration of their true or full mathematical understanding.
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