About Us

My photo
Hi! We are Caryn, Bee Guat, Priyatharisini,Farah and Loqman. We are a group of future teachers hoping to gain more experience on how to teach Mathematics creatively and effectively. Please feel free to view our blog and we hope to hear from you. Your ideas, comments, criticism, suggestions or advice are highly welcomed! Thank you!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

" More About Problem Solving In Maths...!"

(We would just like to add on...)

Well, the topic 'Problem-Solving in Maths' is definitely a captivating subject matter to ponder upon as we deemed that there are salient underlying factors that constantly encourages our education system to embed the topic 'Problem-solving in Mathematic'...

"Hmm..Why is this so?Have you guys ever wondered?"
Ultimately, as we thoroughly browsed the net..we found the reason behind it! Yeah..
the rationale of having problem-solving in Mathematics are to:

1. Improve pupils' willingness to try problems and improve their perseverance when solving problems.

2. Improve pupils' self-concepts with respect to the abilities to solve problems.

3. Make pupils aware of the problem-solving strategies.

4. Make pupils aware of the value of approaching problems in a systematic manner.

5. Make pupils aware that many problems can be solved in more than one way.

6. Improve pupils' abilities to select appropriate solution strategies.

7. Improve pupils' abilities to implement solution strategies accurately.

8. Improve pupils' abilities to get more correct answers to problems.

(http://library.thinkquest.org/25459/learning/problem/#goals)

"Ahah..so now you know why 'Problem-Solving in Maths' is always there right?"

Oh ya..to the kids out there,d
o remember to practice, practice and practice problem solving in Maths because...PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!..

(http://www.ixl.com)
This is a very practical and useful website for kids to practice problem-solving in Maths..Do feel free to visit them..They are indeed funnnn and coooooool....Enjoyyyy....

*Hopefully, we, as future teachers will be able to practice and apply Problem-Solving in Maths in our classroom as effectively as possible and at least achieve the intended aims as listed above...
Good Luck Friends!!

1 comment:

  1. ever wondered why there are no comments on most of your posts??
    (not being rude, seriously)

    ReplyDelete