Improving Maths Pedagogy and Practice (IMPP) Scale: An international self-reflection and quality improvement tool for educators working within early primary and elementary schools

The Improving Maths Pedagogy and Practice (IMPP) scale is an innovative way of assessing and improving the quality and effectiveness of mathematics teaching in the first few years of primary or elementary schooling.It is informed by the evidence base of practice shown to improve children’s outcomes and extensive professional development delivered by the authors. The IMPP supports both the ‘how’ and ‘what’ of teaching mathematics to young children, encourages positive dispositions towards maths, and addresses issues such as maths anxiety and disengagement.It focuses on teaching developmentally appropriate maths with understanding, using ‘maths talk’, child-friendly contexts, concrete, pictorial and abstract representations to their best effect. This unique measurement scale supports:the teaching of early mathematics in primary/elementary schools, using the evidence base of what works best to support fluency and masteryteachers’ content and pedagogical content knowledge of mathematics, i