Wednesday 31 August 2011

reflection on 31st class

Today was the last day of our Math class, all in all I have learnt that math is not always about solving problems but basically building on thinking skills. I realised that even the word problem sum was an oxymoron and it should be called word problem. We revised on procedural, conceptual and conventional terms.
We looked at assessment - procedure and conceptual which can be tested with pencil and paper test and method which which is tested by oral test or interview.
I learn that there are array situations and rate situations.
There are 3 types of counting - counting all, skip counting and using 5 or 7 timestable using the hort park as an example.
There are 2 types of units like SI units and imperial units. I understood that for younger children when we use non standard measurment we should ask as how much does this weight instead of what is the weight as the children will be introduced to weight as mass in primary school so it will be good not to confuse them.
I learnt that if we are teaching time to younger children that we should relate the time to an everyday event so that they learnt the concept of time.
When we teach measurement to younger children we use the term "about" as it is not used with standard measurement.

The answer for the MRT activity is 16 steps x 4 sections x 13.5cm(height of a step) = 864cm

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