First steps in mathematics: Space – diagnostic tasks
A collection of diagnostic tasks designed to use with students to assess their understanding of space-related concepts in mathematics.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Shapes and objects Angles and geometric reasoning
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P3, P4, P5)
- Publisher
- Department of Education WA
- Copyright
- © State of Western Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- File type
- File size
- 1.0 MB
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