tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076445840028573244.post5258990642384115747..comments2024-03-13T16:58:59.980+11:00Comments on Exploring education: Improving numeracy - with the 7C'sNevillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17075960954633057645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076445840028573244.post-25646914929306091292012-01-07T09:23:59.990+11:002012-01-07T09:23:59.990+11:00Hi Sioux,
Thanks for your comment – and I think yo...Hi Sioux,<br />Thanks for your comment – and I think you are right when you say effective programs have a language component. My own take on this is that language is a vehicle for expressing concepts. If we want our students to explore mathematics they need (eventually) to have a language that allows for that. I have dim memories of reading a text years ago stating that language is based on symbols. We make an internal symbol for “tree” that we understand every time we use the word. However, in mathematics, this is often difficult as many of the concepts required describe a process or verge on the abstract – which makes it difficult to for young students to relate to the vocabulary as they can’t make a mental “picture” of what the maths means. So, to return to your original comment, effective teaching is going to include the language of mathematics as an aide to understanding.<br />Again, thanks for your comment.<br /><br />(You’ve prompted me – I’ll try to track down the text and do a better job of explaining the language / mathematics relationship in a future post.Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075960954633057645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076445840028573244.post-73468262917636493772012-01-07T02:32:10.718+11:002012-01-07T02:32:10.718+11:00I like seeing that the default display slide on th...I like seeing that the default display slide on the video is the one about being able to explain math, not just do it.<br /> I've been reading a lot about programs that work. Some of them are "project based," "Problem-solving based," and others are scripted and structured, but the ones that are effective tend to mention, somewhere along the line, that a solid link in the brain is created between *language* and numbers.SiouxGeonzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852040976080951492noreply@blogger.com