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Numeracy for teaching /

This book is designed to help teacher-trainees prepare for the Qualified Teaching Standards numeracy test that must now be passed by all entrants to the teaching profession. The author focuses especially on weaknesses in numeracy often observed in adults, and in teacher-trainees in particular. As fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haylock, Derek
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Paul Chapman ; Sage Publications, 2001.
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Read this first
  • Check45;up 158; Mental calculations44; changing proportions to percentages
  • Check45;up 258; Mental calculations44; changing more proportions to percentages
  • Check45;up 358; Decimals and percentages
  • Check45;up 458; Understanding data presented in tables
  • Check45;up 558; Two45;way tables for comparing two sets of data
  • Check45;up 658; Bar charts and frequency tables for discrete data
  • Check45;up 758; Bar charts for grouped discrete data
  • Check45;up 858; Bar charts for continuous data
  • Check45;up 958; Finding a fraction of a quantity
  • Check45;up 1058; Fractions to decimals and vice versa
  • Check45;up 1158; Expressing a percentage in fraction notation
  • Check45;up 1258; The commutative laws
  • Check45;up 1358; The associative laws
  • Check45;up 1458; The distributive laws
  • Check45;up 1558; Using a four45;function calculator44; precedence of operators
  • Check45;up 1658; Using a four45;function calculator for money calculations
  • Check45;up 1758; Using the memory on a four45;function calculator
  • Check45;up 1858; Using a calculator to express a proportion as a percentage
  • Check45;up 1958; Rounding answers
  • Check45;up 2058; Very large and very small numbers
  • Check45;up 2158; Mental calculations44; multiplication strategies
  • Check45;up 2258; Mental calculations44; division strategies
  • Check45;up 2358; Mental calculations44; finding a percentage of a quantity
  • Check45;up 2458; Finding a percentage of a quantity using a calculator
  • Check45;up 2558; Adding and subtracting decimals
  • Check45;up 2658; Mental calculations44; adding lists
  • Check45;up 2758; More multiplication strategies
  • Check45;up 2858; More division strategies
  • Check45;up 2958; Multiplication with decimals
  • Check45;up 3058; Division with decimals
  • Check45;up 3158; Using approximations to check your answers
  • Check45;up 3258; Mental calculations44; time
  • Check45;up 3358; Knowledge of metric units of length and distance
  • Check45;up 3458; Knowledge of metric units of area and solid volume
  • Check45;up 3558; Knowledge of other metric units
  • Check45;up 3658; Mental calculations44; money
  • Check45;up 3758; Simplifying ratios
  • Check45;up 3858; Sharing a quantity in a given ratio
  • Check45;up 3958; Increasing or decreasing by a percentage
  • Check45;up 4058; Expressing an increase or decrease as a percentage
  • Check45;up 4158; Finding the original value after a percentage increase or decrease
  • Check45;up 4258; Calculating means
  • Check45;up 4358; Modes
  • Check45;up 4458; Medians
  • Check45;up 4558; Upper and lower quartiles
  • Check45;up 4658; Measures of spread44; range and inter45;quartile range
  • Check45;up 4758; Box45;and45;whisker diagrams
  • Check45;up 4858; More box45;and whisker diagrams
  • Check45;up 4958; Percentiles
  • Check45;up 5058; Reading scatter graphs
  • Check45;up 5158; Scatter graphs and correlation
  • Check45;up 5258; Conversion graphs
  • Check45;up 5358; Interpreting pie charts
  • Check45;up 5458; Substituting into formulas
  • Check45;up 5558; Weighted means
  • Check45;up 5658; Combining means or percentages from two or more sets of data
  • Check45;up 5758; Understanding cumulative frequency graphs
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