MAT1236 Final: Basic facts
14 Jun 2018
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Teaching)basic)facts:)!
Use!interesting!and!varied!activities,!providing!an!appropriate!level!of!challenge,!be!aware!of!student!
anxiety,!only!use!ādrillingā!to!develop!fluency,!drilling!should!be!short!but!regular.!Students!need!to!
be!taught!different!methods!so!that!they!can!choose!the!most!appropriate!method!in!a!given!
situation,!should!discuss!when!different!methods!are!appropriate,!need!practice!in!doing!this,!having!
students!explain!their!choice!of!method!they!obtained!may!show!valuable!insight!into!their!thinking!
process.!*Estimation!should!always!be!used!to!check!whether!the!answer!obtained!is!reasonable.!
Rounding!Rollercoaster:!55!&!65!peaks,!50,!60,!70!troughs,!53!slides!down!to!50!whereas!67!slides!
down!from!65!to!70.!We!round!numbers!by!looking!at!the!following!digit.!)
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