Teaching Approaches in Mathematics

Presented by:

Gan Teck Hock

Planning & Teaching Mathematics (PISMP Semester 4)

IPG Kampus Kota Bharu, Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan

July 2010

A good teacher always tries not to

point fingers to others, but himself /

herself.

INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES

• Teacher Centred

• Media Centred

• Student Centred • decision making• students’ participation• classroom interaction

Decision Making

•What to learn?•How to learn?

TeacherCentred

StudentCentred

Negotiation

• Suggestion 1: by teacher with students’ agreement.• Suggestion 2: by students with teacher’s suggestions & input.

Students’ Participation

TeacherCentred

StudentCentred

shared participation

•Active?•Passive?

Classroom Interaction

• teacher – student• student – student• student – media

• Deductive

• Inductive

Instructional Approaches

concept formation

How are concepts being formed?

Deductive Inductive

Concept Formation

• From general to specific• From specific to general

Try out & compare the two lessons on palindromes.

Deductive & Inductive Approaches

Deductive Approach

GENERAL

SPECIFIC

Inductive Approach

GENERAL

SPECIFIC

Another example on triangles.

Deductive & Inductive Approaches

Inductive or Deductive?

My Shape Not My Shape

My shape is a triangle.What is a triangle?

Inductive or Deductive

Triangle Not Triangle

A triangle is a closed 2-D shape that has 3 straight sides.

• Summarise the differences between deductive approach and inductive approach

• Design an activity to teach a mathematics concept deductively, and another activity to teach the same concept inductively.