Mathseeds School Edition
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Mathseeds Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
How does Mathseeds develop higher‑level thinking skills?
The Mathseeds lessons teach a variety of problem solving strategies with children using interactive manipulatives to solve increasingly difficult maths problems. Every Mathseeds lesson also has a printable problem‑solving task targeting higher‑level critical thinking skills. These challenge pupils from Reception to Year 3 to develop a toolkit of strategies to reason, interpret, analyse and solve increasingly complex problems.
1 Online Lessons Teach Strategies
Mathematical thinking and problem-solving in every lesson.
- Strategies, models and interactive manipulatives help pupils learn how to solve problems.
- Mathematical models include number lines, number charts, part-part whole, number patterns, place value, number bars, graphs and many more.
- Lessons promote thinking mathematically and developing number sense.
- Scaffolded learning enables pupils to apply their learning across a range of activities.
2 A Structured Approach Builds Confident Pupils
Identify the question, find facts, apply, and evaluate.
- Pupils tackle each problem using the same structure.
- Underline the question, circle the facts and choose a strategy.
- Allows pupils to develop critical thinking skills whatever their ability level.
3 Printable Problem Solving Tasks for Every Lesson
200 problem solving and critical thinking activities.
- Integrates problem solving into every lesson.
- Develops higher-level thinking skills across all mathematics domains.
- Strategies include act it out, draw diagrams, write equations, use tables, mental computation and logical thinking.
- Pages include collaborative elements and analysis where pupils are asked to think about their thinking, communicate this to others and justify their mathematical reasoning.
4 Online Games
Mini games in the Arcade prepare pupils for more difficult problem‑solving opportunities.
- Problem solving strategy games in the Games arcade develop logical thinking.
- Introduces early problem‑solving thinking.
- Fun, interactive and levelled to challenge pupils.
- Games include: Pack Your bags, Cow Jump, Where’s My shadow, Shape Tip, True or False.
“ Visually appealing and packed with Maths models, images and manipulatives; Mathseeds supports and encourages the less confident pupil, while also extending more able pupils. While pupils follow their own learning pathway—set at their level and worked through at their pace, teachers can quickly and easily focus pupils on particular tasks and lessons.”
