Understand mathematical concepts
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What is a mathematical concept?
A maths problem
A maths curriculum
An idea or thought about numbers and their relationships
What four mathematical concepts should children learn in their early years?
Counting
Number recognition
Simple subtraction
Multiplication
Simple addition
Ratios
Fractions
Which three of the following factors affects children’s learning of mathematical concepts?
Lack of opportunities taken to introduce concepts
Practitioner’s lack of confidence
Children being told they are wrong
Innate inability to understand numbers
Which of these statements is correct?
Children learn best when practitioners prepare worksheets that provide them with number and calculation practice.
Children learn best when practitioners take everyday experiences and use them to introduce mathematical concepts.
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By providing frequent and varied to build and apply this understanding - such as using manipulatives, including small and tens frames for organising - children will develop a secure base of and vocabulary from which of mathematics is built. (EYFS Statutory Framework)
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