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Effective Teaching Strategies of Maths. Mathematics seems one of the challenging subjects for many students. As a teacher, I am going to share seven effective teaching strategies for Maths. Read more

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Learning geometry through real life connections

Through the study of geometry and spatial awareness, children learn location, structure, shape, and transformation (Horne, 2003; Newcomb & Stieff, 2012). Children use this knowledge make sense of the geometry components including features and properties of shapes and objects (ACARA, n.d.). The study of geometry and spatial thinking is highly valuable to children’s mathematical learning as it can be applied in other areas (Horne, 2003).

Geometry and spatial awareness are one of the mathematical areas that can be utilised and benefit from visual imagery (Spelke, Ah Lee & Izard, 2010). During a practical experience last year, I observed year three children engaging in a geometry lesson, the properties of shape. The teacher has used the smartboard to show a 3D image of shapes. She used an app that allowed her to use her cursor to move the shape into different angles. She then extended the activity by allowing children to use the cursor themselves and take notes of the different orientation, turns, and properties of the shapes. I really enjoyed viewing this experience as I witness the classroom become extremely engaged, they were able to comprehend the content through the support of technological media.

For my stimulus in this module, I wanted to use the context of visual imagery in relation to geometry and mapping. I have decided to use a google maps image of a school, in the context of this module I have used a random google image school, but for the real-life experience, I would use the actual school of attendance. I used this image because it allows children to conceptualise an understanding of length, shape, size, scales, true size and comparison (MacDonald & Lowrie, 2011; Spelke, Ah Lee & Izard, 2010). Throughout this experience, I would use open-ended questions that allowed children to make sense of the image in relation to geometry.

Note. This experience is designed for a year two or year three classroom.

What does this image tell us?

This allows children to make connections to their everyday environment by locating key features relating to geometric shapes. Children will build awareness towards angles and measurement within their everyday environment (ACMMG064), identify and locate symmetry within the image (ACMMG066) and locate shapes, structures, and measurement (MacDonald & Lowrie, 2011).

What can we compare this scale too?

This will allow children to consider ratio in terms of geometry reasoning. Using a physical item for comparison, place the item next to the image and ask this question (Copley, 2010). It allows children to compare the size, is this realistic? (ACARA, n.d., ACMMG064). How do they know it’s not true to size? What can we do to compare? Then extend the learning by inviting children to think what we use to measure this large area surface (ACARA, n.d., ACMNG061)

If we are guiding a new student around the school, how can we direct them to the library (or any given location)?

Children will have the opportunity to observe for location, positions, and pathways (ACARA, n.d., ACMMG05). This question will allow children to make comparisons of measurement with their peers. It will allow a rich discussion of transitivity and conservation (MacDonald & Lowrie, 2011)

References

Australian Curriculum, Assessment, and Reporting Authority. (n.d.) Australian Curriculum: Mathematics.

Copley, J .V. (2010). Geometry and spatial sense in the early childhood curriculum. In J. V. Copley (Ed.), The young child and mathematics (2nd ed.), (pp. 99-117). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Horne, M. (2003). Properties of shape. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 8(2), 8. http://ezproxy.acu.edu.au/login?url=http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=408130323462644;res=IELHSS

MacDonald, A., & Lowrie, T. (2011). Developing measurement concepts within context: Children’s representations of length. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 23(1), 27-42. http://ezproxy.acu.edu.au/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13394-011-0002-7

Spelke, E., Ah Lee, S., & Izard, V. (2010). Beyond core knowledge: Natural geometry. Cognitive Science, 34(5), 863.

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"Mighton has identified two major problems in how we teach math. First, we overload kids’ brains, moving too quickly from the concrete to the abstract. That puts too much stress on working memory. Second, we divide classes by ability, or “stream”, creating hierarchies which disable the weakest learners while not benefitting the top ones. [..] problem-based learning—means the teachers’ role is not to provide direct instruction, but to let kids collaborate to find solutions to complex, realistic problems which have multiple approaches and answers. But too many children don’t have the building blocks from which to discover the answers. They get frustrated, and then fixed in the belief that they are not “math people.” [..] kids succeed more with math when it is broken down into small components which are explained carefully and then practiced continually. [..] “Math is like a ladder—if you miss a step, it’s hard to go on. There are a set of sequences.” He has dubbed his method “micro discovery” or “guided discovery.” [..] The bigger problem Mighton sees is hierarchies. [..] “When people talk about improving education they want to move the mean higher. They don’t talk about tightening the distribution [..] The reason this matters is that, as research shows (pdf), kids compare themselves to each other early on and decide whether or not they are “math people.” Children who decide they are not math people are at risk of developing something Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck calls a “fixed” mindset: They think their talents are innate and cannot be improved upon. Thirty years of mindset research shows that kids with a fixed mindset take fewer risks and underperform those who think their efforts matter. Dweck has examined JUMP and says it encourages a “growth” mindset: the belief that your abilities can improve with your efforts. “The kids move at an exciting pace; it feels like it should be hard but it’s not hard, they have this feeling of progress, that [they] can be good at this,” [..] Mighton says the problem with the bell curve is that everyone worries about the kids at the top getting bored. “Our data shows that if you teach to the whole class, the whole class does better,” he says. And, by moving together and having so many children experience success in math, they experience what Durkheim calls “collective effervescence,” the joy of knowing they can do it, rather than the joy of just getting a high mark."

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How To Tell The Difference Between The Greater Than Sign and Less Than Sign

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