Numeracy and Learning Difficulties

Numeracy and Learning Difficulties : Approaches to Teaching and Assessment

By understanding why children struggle with maths, teachers are better equipped to provide effective support and nurture confidence in low-achievers.

Numeracy and Learning Difficulties includes how to tackle common learning difficulties by following different teaching practices and principles, identifying gaps in students' knowledge and developing curricula that bridges these gaps, improves numerical literacy using problem-solving strategies and skills, and a handy checklist of benchmarks in achievement.

  • Format: Paperback | 134 pages
  • Dimensions: 210 x 297 x 7.37mm | 499g
  • Publication date: 20 Jan 2006
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint: David Fulton Publishers Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN10: 1843121948
  • ISBN13: 9781843121947
  • Bestsellers rank: 295,316

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