Product Description

All trainee teachers hoping to gain Qualified Teacher Status need to pass a computerised numeracy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of numeracy skills such as mental arithmetic and interpreting statistics, and can apply these in their work. This book outlines the test requirements and explains the essential subject knowledge needed. Fully updated to comply with the TDA standards, this new edition also includes a glossary and suggestions for further reading. 100 practice questions and answers plus online text materials enable trainees to prepare to complete their test confidently and successfully.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2356 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 68 pages

Review
The range of questions in each section is this book's obvious strength. In all mathematical areas, the questions are education-based, dealing with contexts such as budgets, examination data and timetables. It will give an invaluable boost to your confidence the night before the test. --Times Educational Supplement

Clear, concise information given; practical help in preparing new teachers for the on line numeracy test. --Lecturer, Womens Technology & Education Centre, Liverpool.

Maths in School
[This]is an accessible book and is especially helpful for trainees who feel very weak in this area.

From the Publisher
This book forms part of a series called 'Achieving QTS', which is aimed exclusively at trainee teachers. The series has been developed as course material and written according to the framework of the Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). It includes over 20 titles, encompassing 'Audit and Test', 'Knowledge and Understanding', 'Teaching Theory and Practice' and 'Skills Tests' titles. As well as covering the core primary subject areas, the series addresses issues of teaching and learning across both primary and secondary phases.

Key features:

* Clearly linked to the Professional Standards for QTS.

* Specifically written for trainee primary and secondary teachers.

* Combines underpinning theory with practical classroom examples.

* Includes research summaries, short tasks and further reading.

Customer Reviews

All you need to pass
A good no nonsense book. Simply follow the instructions and you should pass the tests. The practice questions are realistic and even similar to the real thing. Good luck with the teacher training.

Very helpful
This is a very helpful guide. The questions in it are very representitive of the ones you get in the real test, so you can really prepare yourself. The answers section is also good. Each answer has a 'key point' which shows you how to arrive at the answer if you got it wrong. This really does allow you to learn from your mistakes.

I would recommend this to anyone who wants to brush up their skills for the test.

Extremely useful and accessible book.
I've just passed all three of the QTS skills tests today, and I know Iwould not have been able to do the numeracy test without this little book. It has all you need to know, and is very accessible. The book explainsthe basics you will need to know, providing many examples and practicequestions. Highly recommended for any trainee teacher as the book willreinforce your existing skills and help you to gain new ones, giving youthe confidence to take, and pass, the QTS skills tests.