{"id":8843,"date":"2016-12-05T16:37:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/?page_id=8843"},"modified":"2024-02-21T09:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:39:57","slug":"workbook-friend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/workbook-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Workbook Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 listalibri landingpage\">\n<p><!-- Bollino --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/The_Series_BOLLO.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- Bollino END --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Titolo --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n<h1 class=\"maggio23\">Workbook Friend is here!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Titolo END --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Highlights --><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 linea-landingpage\">\n<hr>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\">With Giulia, Marty, Teo and Luca, mathematics becomes child&#8217;s play!<\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Workbook Friend is a series of practical books<\/strong>, edited by Silvana Poli, Carla Bertolli and Daniela Lucangeli, amongst the greatest experts in the psychology of learning, <strong>designed as handy tools to accompany lower secondary school students<\/strong> and those in their last year of primary school <strong>in their acquisition of basic mathematical competences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Base_1000_LP_quaderno_amico.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\">How they are structured<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>Each book is divided into two parts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the first part contains activities for \u00abbuilding\u00bb knowledge and comprises 15 worksheets labelled \u00ab<strong>I experiment<\/strong>\u00bb;<\/li>\n<li>whereas the second part contains structured exercises for consolidating knowledge already acquired and comprises another 15 worksheets (which correspond both in headings and topics to those in the first part) labelled \u00ab<strong>I consolidate<\/strong>\u00bb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\">The methodology: from the problem to the rule<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>The methodology can be summarised as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you start from a situation from everyday life and pose a <strong>question<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>you follow (with as little guidance as possible) step by step reasoning, which works by<strong> trial and error<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>you obtain a <strong>rational procedure<\/strong> out of the process;<\/li>\n<li>you produce an <strong>agreed formalisation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>problem situation;<\/li>\n<li>process;<\/li>\n<li>procedure;<\/li>\n<li>formalisation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"maggio23\">The learning process \u00abfrom the problem to the rule\u00bb <strong>enables pupils to \u00abbuild\u00bb logical mathematical concepts themselves<\/strong>. The latter are \u00abtraditionally\u00bb received in an already formalised way and conveyed mainly through verbal instead of visual and practical communication. In this way, pupils are motivated in their search for the result, which is also the solution to the problem. They are also better prepared to acquire, as class practice has demonstrated, greater command of the resolution mechanism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\">The books:<\/p>\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Geometry problems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting each time from initially very simple and gradually more complex <strong>concrete situations<\/strong>, this workbook involves boys and girls from<strong> lower secondary school<\/strong> in the &#8220;construction&#8221; of rules and concepts <strong>to solve geometry problems<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/a-workbook-friend-geometry-problems\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n\t\t<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:400px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=222629_9788859035770_edi3209_quaderno-amico-proble&amp;u=edizionierickson\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Graphs, charts and statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to learn how to use graphs, charts and statistical calculations? <\/strong>Starting each time from concrete situations, the volume accompanies you in the construction and understanding of rules and concepts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/a-workbook-friend-graphs-tables-and-statistics\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n\t\t<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:400px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=206140_9788859031475_edi2558_quaderno-amico-grafic&amp;u=edizionierickson\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Relative Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are relative numbers and what are they for?<\/strong><br \/>\nTaking its  cue each time from <strong>problem situations<\/strong>,  initially very simple and gradually more complex, this <strong>workbook<\/strong> involves <strong>lower  secondary school students in the &#8220;construction&#8221; of the concept of  relative numbers starting from real data<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/a-workbook-friend-relative-numbers\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n\t\t<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:400px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=186502_9788859027591_edi2246_quaderno-amico-i-nume&amp;u=edizionierickson\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Perimeter and Area <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are Perimeter and Area for?<\/strong><br \/>\nStarting off with concrete situations and problems, students will \u201cconstruct\u201d the formulas used to calculate the perimeter and area of shapes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/geometry\/a-workbook-friend-perimeter-and-area\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nSome pages from the book:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n\t\t<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:400px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=sfo_978-88-590-2338-8_quaderno-amico-perimetro-e-a&amp;u=edizionierickson\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Problems <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are problems for?<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore solving problems, it is necessary to recognize that there are situations \u201cto be solved\u201d. Only after understanding this, can the child learn to identify problem-situations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/problems-and-logic\/a-workbook-friend-problems\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nSome pages from the book:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n\t\t<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:400px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=low-int_quaderno-amico_problemi_590-1931-2&amp;u=edizionierickson\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Measurements and equivalents <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are measurements and equivalents for?<\/strong><br \/>\nStarting off with concrete situations and problems, students will learn the rules and concepts of measurement of areas, volumes, capacities and weights. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/a-workbook-friend-measurements-and-equivalents\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nSome pages from the book:<\/p>\n<div data-configid=\"32027949\/67588619\" style=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Multiples and divisors <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are multiples and divisors for?<\/strong><br \/>\nStarting off with concrete situations and problems, the role of multiples, divisors and their calculation will be understood at an intuitive level. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/a-workbook-friend\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nSome pages from the book:<\/p>\n<div data-configid=\"32027949\/63347950\" style=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Powers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are powers for?<\/strong><br \/>\nUsing their daily life experiences as a starting point, students will start thinking about the role of powers in math calculation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/workbook-friend-powers\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nSome pages from the book:<\/p>\n<div data-configid=\"32027949\/63345815\" style=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Expressions <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are expressions for?<\/strong><br \/>\nEven though it is not often stated in maths books, expressions are used to solve concrete problems that present themselves in day-to-day life. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/catalogue\/mathematics\/mathematics\/workbook-friend-expressions\/\">More info \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nSome pages from the book:<\/p>\n<div data-configid=\"32027949\/63348503\" style=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ROW --><\/p>\n<p><!-- START ROW --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p class=\"nome-cognome-autore\"><strong>\u2022 Fractions <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"maggio23\"><strong>What are fractions for?<\/strong><br \/>\nBased on their experience and knowledge of primary school, children may answer: \u00abto divide a cake \u00bb, \u00abto use a tape measure\u00bb, \u00abto colour different parts\u00bb. 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