April 22 Conclusion

Effective teaching strategies cut across all content areas. For the teaching of mathematics, ...the following notions should be kept in mind:(pg 215)

• Everyone has the ability to do mathematical operations.
• Rote learning without meaning impedes long-term application of mathematical knowledge.
• Learning is easier when it makes sense and is meaningful to the learner.
• Learning mathematics is easier when the learner can connect mathematical operations and concepts to solving problems in the real world.
• Talking and writing about mathematics improves the depth of learning and recall.
• Learning mathematics involves a progression from the concrete to the representational to the abstract.
• People learn mathematics in different ways.