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.
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/ 28 January 2011
<b>Aarnout Brombacher</b> emphasises the importance of establishing a new classroom culture.
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/ 30 November 2010
In the eighth column in his series, <b>Aarnout Brombacher</b> explains the important difference between real-life problems and abstracts.
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/ 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.
<strong>Aarnout Brombacher</strong> presents the fifth
in a series on teaching mathematics.
Trying to make young children less anxious about maths? Solving simple problems may be the answer, writes <b>Aarnout Brombacher</b>.
Mathematical literacy aims to develop more effective self-managing individuals, contributing workers, lifelong learners and critical citizens. With mathematical literacy we are not only concerned with teaching students the mathematical skills needed for each of these life roles, but also with developing appropriate attitudes and values to contribute responsibly to the world in which we live.
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/ 7 February 2007
Your bank sends you a letter offering you a chance to enrol in its "points" programme. For an annual fee of R180, you will earn one point for every R6 you spend on your credit card. For every 2 400 points you accumulate, you will receive a R100 gift voucher. You can also use your points to buy air miles: three points buys one mile; 20 000 miles buys a domestic flight. Do you join the programme?