Objectives:

• To explore the place of problem solving in the primary mathematics curriculum
• To consider how to offer a wide range of meaningful and challenging problem solving tasks
• To look at how tasks that encourage discussion help children develop their thinking and reasoning skills

By the end of the course, delegates will be familiar with:

• The importance of using and applying mathematics
• Strategies for developing children’s problem solving, communicative and reasoning skills
• A range of problem-solving activities and investigations, including those with a cross-curricular approach