Maths teaching

  • Evidence-Based Instruction in Maths

    Evidence-based mathematics education uses teaching practices grounded in rigorous research on how learners acquire mathematical knowledge and skills. It promotes active engagement, follows learning trajectories, supports diverse learner needs, and improves understanding through clear modelling, mathematical discussion, concrete experiences, and ongoing learning opportunities.
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  • Teaching Early Maths Skills

    Teaching early maths skills in the early years focuses on providing experiences that develop foundational mathematical concepts, such as number sense, counting, numeral and pattern recognition, comparison of numerical magnitudes, and the manipulation of quantities through simple addition and subtraction. These concepts are often best introduced and practised through play and everyday activities in a variety of environments, both indoors and outdoors.
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  • Teaching Basic Maths Skills

    Children develop basic mathematical skills through hands-on experiences that build understanding of quantities, number relationships, and calculation strategies. Effective teaching combines procedural fluency with conceptual understanding, strengthens place value and the base-ten system, and provides opportunities to explore geometric shapes, supporting later success in arithmetic, problem-solving and geometry.
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  • Teaching Advanced and Applied Maths Skills

    In the fractions section, practical experiences are suggested to help children develop a foundational and comprehensive understanding of fractions.
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  • Teaching Problem Solving

    High-quality mathematical problems for young children should build on their prior knowledge and encourage genuine engagement. Teaching through problem-solving supports the development of conceptual understanding and helps children recognise relationships between numbers. Effective tasks are meaningful and culturally relevant, allow multiple strategies, and enable children to express their thinking through explanation, action, or drawing, while also engaging in productive struggle.
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  • Teaching Maths Language

    Mathematical language is essential for early mathematics learning. Children need opportunities to hear, use, and practise mathematical vocabulary, symbols, and concepts through hands-on activities, discussion, visual supports, and meaningful experiences. Intentional teaching of mathematical language strengthens reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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