05/07/2023
What is Elucid's Elements?
https://bookstore.zaytuna.edu/products/euclidselementshardbackbyeuclid
https://archive.org/details/firstsixbooksofe00eucl/page/n21/mode/2up
MYP Math in Lahore
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05/07/2023
03/07/2023
MYP Math Myth #2
"No theory in Maths"
Mathematics is a body of information. It is a product of human thought. It is logical. It asks questions and tries to provide answers. It has a history ... a story to tell and write.
01/07/2023
***Math from the Market***
Tangram brings space within access to all age groups.
***Reference***
https://www.hand2mind.com/glossary-of-hands-on-manipulatives/tangrams
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23/06/2023
🔰What is numbers and algebra?🔰
If mathematics is a language. A way of communicating certain aspects of our experiences. Then numbers are alphabets, symbols punctuation and algebra basic grammar.
🔰How are basic sentences formed in math?🔰
We use numbers to form words.
Sentence is a relationship between words (numbers). This is communicated using punctuation (symbols).
🔰How did I start listening to my mother-tongue?🔰
Sounds.
Language learning is an auditory (listening) experience. We listen before we learn reading. This is the easier, most common route to language acquisition.
Now, where can I *listen* to math?
22/06/2023
***What is math anxiety?***
Maths anxiety has been defined as the state in which individuals experience negative emotions when they have to solve tasks that involve numerical or mathematical abilities.
This is not just in school or about math homework.
This is true at the workplace as well. Adults just don't want to understand a table of data. Its outright rejection. Too complex, they feel. They just don't want to see numbers. It just makes them anxious. --> Math anxiety.
***Reference***
*Story*
https://renovatio.zaytuna.edu/article/were-in-good-hands
*Definition*
Călinescu, P.-M. (2023). Abbreviated math anxiety scale (romanian version): construction, validity, fidelity. Bulletin of Integrative Psychiatry, 1, 19–24.
20/06/2023
MYP Math has 4 branches of learning:
1. Numerical and abstract reasoning
2. Thinking with models
3. Spatial reasoning
4. Reasoning with data
These can also be named as:
1. Numbers and Algebra
2. Functions
3. Geometry & Trigonometry
4. Probability & Statistics
reference: Official IB MYP Math subject brief
https://www.ibo.org/programmes/middle-years-programme/curriculum/mathematics/
19/06/2023
Math Myth #1
You just need more practice!
Why does your math lesson feel like a football practice session?
Math too is a body of information.
It can be read, understood and used.
Don't you find it strange that on a parent-teacher-meeting [conference] the ultimate solution for a low math score is 'needs more practice'? Which, might be surprising to some, is not the football coach's usually advise!
Why is this so and what can you, the student, do?
***The WHY***
1st math is currently taught as a procedural subject. A set of instruction (method). Use the formula to get the result.
Similar to how a person, who begins cooking, uses recipes. Find the ingredients and mix them in a certain order.
2nd school math books are mostly developed along the same pattern. You can call them "math cookbooks". They won't make you a chef. Just simply provides an experience of disconnected flavours. Each formula doing the job on its own but not allowing you to develop your own flavours.
3rd math teachers have known the math you have. Expecting them to teach it differently might not be an option.
***The WHAT***
Ask follow-up questions.
"Which area of math do I need to know before attempting this topic?"
"What am I missing in this topic? Is it the application of the formula or identification of the terms?"
"Is there any other way (method) to solve this problem"
You, as a student, can look at 3 areas while staying within the procedure based teaching:
A. Identify pre-requisites for the current topic. Single digit addition (2+6) is required before attempting double digit one (22+66)
B. Get insight on the questions attempted.
C. Ask for another method to solve the same question. You might find it easier.
Hope your practice can now be more mindful.
***Summary***
Math is mostly taught as learning procedure: formula and its application.
Math school book and the teachers it has produced are happy with keeping it procedural.
Math student can look for alternate methods to solve the same problem.
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