The conventional approaches to education are ineffective for many people, which may result in feelings of exasperation and inadequate performance on the part of the student. Teaching would be very simple if every child in the class were identical in every respect, but they are not and that is what makes teaching so challenging and, ultimately, so rewarding. I could get on board with this chapter, the grid method is common, easily used wherever I am (even if my hand drawn grids look a little tipsy) and quite simply, simple.

With everything tailored to suit young people who think and learn differently, this GCSE maths study guide has all you need to improve your maths skills. With everything tailored to suit young people who think and learn differently, this GCSE maths study guide has all you need to improve your maths skills…and maybe even learn to love maths! I teach a L3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Program and all my TAs have to pass level 2 functional skills in Maths and English before the end of the program (or have a suitable alternative qualification. When used correctly, as objects to think with, manipulatives can have a profound effect on a learner and not only in terms of their understanding.As a specialist dyscalculia teacher who isn't a secondary maths teacher, I'm really excited about using this book and can already see that my older pupils are going to benefit so much from it. If you would like to read more articles like this and get the latest news and offers on our books, why not join our mailing list? We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Students are given a better chance of grasping the material that is being presented thanks to the use of visual aids and activities that require them to use multi-sensory approaches. We have all, as teachers, experienced the frustration of just not knowing how to get through to a child. With a range of study strategies and fun activities, the guide covers topics from fractions, multiplication and division to algebra, quadratics and percentages. Whilst manipulatives for maths are commonplace in primary school, they are much scarcer in secondary school and if used at all will be often associated with the stigma of ‘having to use the equipment’ something that is reserved for the children that don’t understand. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.In my early days as a teacher, I very naively thought that every child saw maths in the same way that I did. I won’t go into the detail of every chapter – but there were some I liked and some where I felt they were great for teaching but of little use in life or in the GCSE exams which they were being written for. Potentially more useful for teachers (and parents) looking for ways to teach, than for the students themselves.

It provides valuable insight (for the learner and those working with them) into the challenges being neurodiverse can have on the acquisition of maths, but then offers essential tips on overcoming these challenges to achieve success. I was hoping to find some exam advice on adapting the use of Napier’s bones or perhaps something I hadn’t thought of other than scribbling out my timestables on a piece of squared paper and surreptitiously folding it over.I actually enjoy teaching and using Napier’s bones with Key Stages 2 and 3, so I was delighted to see them used here…the problem is, sitting in a GCSE exam, it isn’t one of the allowable items of equipment you can put in your clear plastic pencil case. I highly recommend this comprehensive book for every neurodiverse learner working towards GCSE Maths. Sadly, the book didn’t go that far, and after some worked examples and plenty of practice questions (answers in the back of the book), we moved onto Chapter 2; place value and decimals. The book illustrates the effective use of a wide range of resources and manipulatives, and shows the children how important visualisation is in learning maths.