Learning Point... Big Ideas... How children learn...

C.P.A approach is being emphasised a lot in this module. C. P. A = Concrete. Pictorial. Abstract. This is how children learn and this is the way we as teachers should teach. According to Jerome Bruner, the CPA approach reaches out to a variety of learners. For students to start learning, Concrete elements such as markers, pencils, books, ten blocks etc.. that could be physically manipulated should be used. As they move on to the next level, Pictorial elements such as graphs diagrams, drawings, charts that are drawn or interpreted by students would be used. And lastly, Abstract elements refers to the use of numbers or letters as a form of representation. With this approach, students in this process of learning are taking baby-steps to the development of VISUALISATION.

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Learning Point = 4 questions to reflect upon as a teacher
Q1. What I want the child to learn?
Q2. How do I know they learned it?
Q3. What if the child can't make it?
Q4. What if I have advance learners?
To answer Q3 & Q4, this is where differentiated learning comes in handy!

BIG IDEA...

We are not teaching content... we are teaching children to see things in multiple perspective and equip them with multiple strategies to solve problems.

So students will be able to see that one-fourth of two-thirds is...---------------------------------------->
and not purely 'cancelling'. You should know what I mean by 'cancelling'. It is not wrong to cancel when solving it, but students should be taught to do more than what a calculator can do!

BIG IDEA...
Use the correct language.
Less and Lesser, when do we use it?
Less is use when referring to countable items/quantity.
Lesser is use when referring to uncountable things/quality. Such as water.
So, like what Dr Yeap had said, the number 2 will be insulted when we say '2 is lesser than 3'.