Mathematics Teachers: Dealing with Difference

Autor/inn/en	Cheeseman, Jill; Klooger, Michele
Titel	Mathematics Teachers: Dealing with Difference
Quelle	In: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 23 (2018) 3, S.27-29 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0286
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Teachers; Student Diversity; Cognitive Style; Learning Strategies; National Curriculum; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Teachers; Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Grouping; Gruppenbildung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	A major problem for teachers is that students are different, they learn mathematics differently, and at different rates. Regardless of this, schools organise students into large groups or classes of 20 to 30 students all about the same age. Then there is the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" that states the student learning outcomes that are expected for students at each Year level of school -- which means at each year of their lives. Teachers are expected to teach the curriculum prescribed for students of the specific age group in their class and still keep in consideration student differences. How does a teacher of primary mathematics deal with the range of student thinking and knowledge in his or her class every day? Teachers face many challenges when catering for the diversity in their classrooms. One way that schools sometimes try to overcome these challenges is by grouping students according to ability. This article discusses if this is a solution to the problem. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01