Customer Reviews
alphabet - By: alphabet, 18 May 2008 
This is the book to buy on teaching this subject. It is clearly written, beautifully laid out & provides self assessment exercises to work through in order to clarify what has just been read. There are more provided on the cd rom at the back of the book too. If you are teaching this subject for the first time, moving up or down years or simply want to refresh your knowledge & rekindle your enthusiasm then this is the book for you.
A lifesaver - By: shazza, 13 Apr 2008 This book is a must for trainee teachers lacking confidence with their maths knowledge & teaching. The author empathises with the trepidation of maths, & offers clear & simple explanations. The chapters are clearly divided for when you need that quick knowledge top-up when lesson planning, & the self-test questions are a great confidence boost! The book also offers techniques that complement the new NNS teaching strategies (e.g. partitioning, multiplication grids etc).
compulsoray buy - By: Ms. Nadia K. Bashiri-rad, 19 Aug 2007 
A book from the reading list for Uni of Glosc. I great book! It has opened up my mind to the thinking of first time learners. It's simple & easy to understand with quick references & no jargon. Credit to Derek Haylock. I wish alll other QTS books were like this one!
Superb! - By: Mr. Richard J. Pask, 24 Nov 2006 After teaching primary maths for 14 years, & being the KS2 maths subject leader for 13 of those, I have no hesitation in rating this easily the best book I have ever read on the subject. Forget alll those expensive courses, & trying to negotiate the endless tweaking of the NNS, save money by using this book to deliver a series of INSETs. Unbeatable value!
Simply Fabulous!! - By: kitatravs, 04 Oct 2006 When I was told at the start of my teacher training course that I would need to buy this maths text book, I let out a big groan. I remembered alll of those maths textbooks from when I was actuallly AT school & remembered how utterly boring they were. But since working through this book & completeing the end of chapter self-assessment questions, my confidence in maths has soared! A must have for teachers-to-be, especiallly those who are a bit shakey on their maths knowledge!
