Improving primary mathematics teaching and learning / edited by Mary McAteer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part 1: Primary mathematics teaching today -- Primary mathematics teaching today: introduction and context / Mary McAteer and Suzan E. Nelson -- Part 2: Teaching and learning in primary mathematics -- Using children's mathematical misconceptions to support teaching and learning / Alice Hansen -- Children becoming expert symbol users / Maulfry Worthington -- ICT and mathematics / Vivien Townsend -- Playing with pedagogy: the role of games in the teaching and learning of mathematics / Steve Sherer -- Thinking beyond the classroom: making mathematics real and purposeful / Victoria Grinyer and Sue Bailey -- Learning difficulties in mathematics / Carol Rushworth-Little -- Highly able children in ordinary classrooms / Lynne McClure-- Talk: the key to mathematical understanding? / Mike Askew -- Part 3: Developing practice in primary mathematics teaching -- Evidence-based mathematics teaching and learning / Ian Thompson -- Are the children thinking mathematically? The pedagogy of children's mathematical graphics / Elizabeth Carruthers -- Teaching mathematics: self-knowledge, pupil knowledge and content knowledge / Effie Maclellan -- Transforming primary mathematics teaching through professional development / Mary McAteer.