Today I realised that mathematics is about generalising. There are three questions I should answer before I embark on planning the curriculum for the children.
1) what is it I want them to learn?
2) what if they cannot? (intervention)
3) what if they already know it (differentiated tasks) (scaffolding)
The dice game in lesson 7, was intriguing, I was amazed how Primary 1 students could think in different ways. And that was the key point Dr Yeap was trying to put across, how can we teach our children to think and look at problems in different ways, let them do the problem solving themselves. The ability to make decisions which is a life long skill.
In lesson 8, I learnt that there are three types of understandings
1) procedural understanding
2) meaning behind procedure - conceptual which is written by Richard Skemp - relational understanding and instrumental understanding
3) conventional understanding
These are the understanding the children must learn with our facilitiation
We must teach children and not teach Math, Math is used only as a tool. Allow children to correct themselves.
In Lessson 9
I learnt that in the big umbrella of developing thinking skills and problem solving there are 5 elements
1) visualisation
2)generalising
3) metacognition (managing information)
4) communicating ideas
5) developing number sense
In these two days we have learnt about what to teach and in the next three days we will learn how to teach, I am looking forward to learning Math in a fun way!
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