Motivating environments in mathematics 2 is the second part of a series of articles on motivating ways of teaching mathematics at the primary school. Zhe article presents a story "Life on a farm in the Jizera mountains" which contains 6 mathematical problems connected with real life. These problems are interconnected by a story about a farmer called Joseph and his family. The problems practise operations with natural numbers. Tasks are aimed for elementary children in Grade 3.
Motivating environment in mathematics 3 is the last of a serial about motivating ways of teaching mathematics that was presented in previous two issues. The article presents a story Travel into the land Kurkudomanie which includes six mathematical problems connected through an original story and illustrations. The problems practise operations with natural numbers. Tasks are aimed for childern in Grade 3 at an elementary school.
A motivating environment is an interconnected set of mathematical problems and situations stemming from real life and connected through some context (such as a story, a fairy tale, etc.). The mathematical problems are formulated in a challenging way. The goal of the environment is to develop pupils' skills to solve problems outside of school and enable them to acquire knowledge in a non-traditional motivating way. The article presents a story On a gardener and a princess which includes 7 mathematical...
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