Getting the right answer does not mean a child has understood how to do a sum
When people experience mathematics, they feel empowered and capable.
Children need to repeat processes constantly so that their ideas mature from primitive to more sophisticated, writes <b>Aarnout Brombacher</b>.
Do not expect children to be able to do next year what they can do today if they don’t get a chance to practice what they learn.
Mental arithmetic cannot be taught simply by asking questions.
Helping children to recognise patterns in maths and repeating exercises often leads to better problem-solving skills,writes <b>Aarnout Brombacher</b>.
Allowing children to be curious and to develop their skills results in mathematics becoming a sense-making and problem-solving activity.
No image available
/ 28 January 2011
<b>Aarnout Brombacher</b> emphasises the importance of establishing a new classroom culture.
No image available
/ 30 November 2010
In the eighth column in his series, <b>Aarnout Brombacher</b> explains the important difference between real-life problems and abstracts.
No image available
/ 14 October 2010
Children often ask this question about mathematics and the teacher’s answer should be that we need it to help us solve problems in our daily lives.