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First Steps
First Steps mathematics is a series of teacher resource books organised around sets of mathematics outcomes for Number, Measurement, Space, and Chance and Data. The series will help teachers to diagnose, plan, implement and judge the effectiveness of the learning experiences they provide for students.
- Resource details
- Purpose
- Assessment advice Assessment tasks
- Audience
- School leaders Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Publisher
- Government of Western Australia Department of Education
- Copyright
- © Government of Western Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Other terms
- diagnostic misconception
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