In all my internships I have observed different mathematics lessons and I have learned new ways to teach the same concept and different materials that are useful for the pupils. In my university I have learned that math should be taught in a way that children can deeply understand the concepts, so they are capable to apply the new knowledge they have learnt into different situations.
I believe that this is the best way to teach math and it is suitable for all the different curriculums across Europe.
I do not have a good memory of the maths lesson and nowadays there are many concepts that I do not truly understand, I know the formula and I know how to apply it, but I do not quite understand the purpose of it. not the quantity.
I have seen many schools in which they start at an early age to teach math. They believe that if you start earlier, students have more time to learn more. However, it has been proved that starting earlier is worse for pupils, because children need time to develop their skills and it also means that you cannot introduce a concept that is too complex for them when they are not prepared.
MY EXPERIENCE
SIMILAR
- choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels
- compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =
- find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
DIFFERENT
- tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times
- know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.
- Recognize, in a meaningful context, the magnitudes of length, mass and time.
- Select the unit and the instrument, suitable for the magnitud that needs to be measured. Express it using pictograms and the tables of the measures.
CURRICULUM'S GOALS