Offers the concept of an inquiry-based approach to classroom instruction. This book covers topics ranging from beginning number and early counting strategies to multi-digit addition and subtraction right through to multiplication and division. It can be used as a training manual and course reference[...]

The book lets teachers identify where their students are in terms of number skills, and sets out a strategy for developing their knowledge. The authors show how to advance children's learning across five stages of early arithmetical learning - emergent, perceptual, figurative, initial number, and fa[...]