Early number sense | Rational numbers | Place value | Time
Early number provides the foundations for subsequent learning of mathematics. Much of what is learned in early number is used in subsequent number study but also across strands as well. Hence a considerable importance is afforded to this area of mathematics. Students may enter the classroom with some rudimentary understandings of number. The role of the teacher is one of diagnostician as well as teacher. The work of Bob Wright in early number is widely acknowledged nationally and internationally through his maths recovery work and its application in Count Me In Too (and derivations). His work offers new insights into early number – some of which may not be familiar to educators in some states or countries.
Writing numerals:
Early addition:
Developing a sense of whole and part numbers is another key part of number study. This module focuses on part number. Within this section examples of student work in fraction knowledge are shown. Also, teaching of operations with fractions is taught as a procedure with little opportunity to understand 'operational sense of part number'. Shelley Dole's work with this area of number study has thrown some key challenges to the ways in which teachers can organise this area of the curriculum.
2 Digit Addition:
Trading tens:
