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The tasks in this kit have been selected to encourage maths around the kitchen table. Solving mathematical problems together, using concrete materials and talking about the challenges involved as a family, can support the development of the student's problem solving skills, mathematical skills and literacy skills. It is also a reflection of how mathematicians work.
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These sisters from Holland are working together on
Who Owns The Monkey? at Oma's house.
Their solution is in the Primary Kit solutions below.
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Details
- Each Library Kit for Home Lending contains 20 tasks. Each task has a task card, an additional card for the family and all materials. Each task is presented in a sturdy press-seal bag.
- There are separate kits for Primary and Secondary students.
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Answers
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Ordering
- Library Kit Flier ... PDF
- Order Form ... PDF
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Home/School Lending & Problem Solving eBuddies
Although developed by one secondary teacher in Britain, the concept of using Tasks to encourage 'maths around the kitchen table' even more broadly than with the Library Kits is applicable at all levels of school.
Andy Martin was granted government funding to establish an email problem solving network based around Library Kit tasks and home/school lending. The network links students and families across the world. There is more about Andy Martin's program and eBuddies in the Integrating Tasks link.
We received the following email from Andy Martin in February 2004. He is probably the most experienced user of tasks and Maths300 in the UK and his work connecting parents and students through 'maths around the kitchen table' has been formally recognised as outstanding by the British Government. You can read Andy's formal presentation of the project in the Thorne Grammar link in Research & Stories.
I now have 90 students across several schools using the Task Centre tasks for Home Lending. All are compiling a journal of their findings and need WORLDWIDE E-MAIL BUDDIES to share experiences, problems, solutions etc.
Would anyone out there who wants to try this mode of working please get in touch!!! You contact me at:
andy1martin@talktalk.net
Andy Martin, Trinity Grammar, Doncaster, England
Note: Thorne Grammar has since been rebuilt as Trinity Academy
Follow this link to Task Centre Home Base Welcome Page & Index.