Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Hopkins, C , Gifford. S & Pepperell. S (1999) Mathematics in the Primary school

'Thinking visually is an important and often neglected dimension of intellectual activity.' (pg 72)
'Valuing the spaceand shape curriculum is an important start to developing children's spatial mathematical ability.' (pg.72)
'Coherence can be given to shape and space work, by ensuring that children are making and monitoring decisions to solve spatial problems, developing the ability to communicate mathematically verbally and visually, and above all reasoning and generalising about spatial properties in increasingly sophisticated ways. (p.72)