While growing up I had heard from my parents ,relatives
and older student who have already been through math s that math is tough. Personally...
I think that Math is cool but sometimes because of all the lessons with
complicated problems and formulas that I don't even understand that made me
gave up on the subject.
Currently , Teachers impart problem solving
strategies through the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach
to all pupils. CPA approach particularly effective with students
who have mathematics difficulties, mainly because it moves gradually from
actual objects through pictures and then to symbol.
A principal in one of the Primary school
observe that pupils, even the weaker ones, become more engaged, participative
and develop a positive attitude towards the subject. Children need a lot of
time to manipulate the problems, solve them, and find multiple ways to represent
the problems and answers.
It is based on Jerome Bruner
contribution in the 1960's. Each stage of mathematics builds
upon what was learned before. For complete success, teachers should take time
to ensure that each child masters a set of skills before moving on to a new
topic. Math skills can be seen as a set of building blocks, in which each one
must be stable and secure before the next skill block is added. Scaffolding
can be as simple as when a teacher introduces a new lesson by asking the
children to describe what they already know about the subject, or reviews key
concepts at the end of a lesson. Visual scaffolding relies extensively on the
use of visual aides in a lesson.
Teachers needed to have a solid grasp of mathematics
for teaching or an in-depth knowledge of the specific math needed for their
classes and how to make it understandable to students. Children are likely to
do better in mathematics if their teachers are knowledgeable in mathematics. Children
use math to help make sense of the world. Teachers need to build upon this
natural interest, providing children with in-depth opportunities and time to
use math materials and ideas.
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