Common Causes of Poor Mathematics Achievement for Children and Adolescents and Strategies for Teaching.
Title: Common Causes of Poor Mathematics Achievement for Children and Adolescents and Strategies for Teaching.
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 1671 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Common Causes of Poor Mathematics Achievement for Children and Adolescents and Strategies for Teaching.
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 1671 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Introduction
There are many psychological studies about children and adolescents' problems with mathematics. For teachers to help their students overcome their problems with mathematics, reviewing such studies and implementing the suggested strategies is of the utmost importance. Teachers must first recognize the common problems and their causes in order to apply the most efficient teaching methods with the goal to get students to correctly use mathematical concepts in the classroom and out. The problems to
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who act as math teachers at times, should also follow the guidelines all while expressing favorable attitudes towards mathematics in everyday life.
References
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Fennell, Frenacis (2001) Representation: An important process for teaching and learning mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics, Reston; Jan 2001; Vol. 7, Iss. 5; pg. 288
Dedyna, Katherine (2002, October) Hated Math? Don't let the children know. Southam Newspapers