Is maths a building block subject?

The logic of the dogma that maths is a building block subject, we feel, leads directly to practices of grouping students according to their prior attainment and, for some students, offering them a repetitive cycle of numberdominated skills to learn. [...]it may be precisely work on a topic such as a...

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Published inMathematics Teaching no. 282; pp. 37 - 38
Main Authors Coles, Alf, Sinclair, Nathalie
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Derby The Association of Teachers of Mathematics 01.07.2022
Subjects
Algebra
Algorithms
Beliefs
Colleges & universities
Education
Elementary School Teachers
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics Teachers
Nouns
Piagetian Theory
Students
Teaching
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Summary:The logic of the dogma that maths is a building block subject, we feel, leads directly to practices of grouping students according to their prior attainment and, for some students, offering them a repetitive cycle of numberdominated skills to learn. [...]it may be precisely work on a topic such as algebra, where arithmetic structures apply but where there is no need to perform calculation algorithms, that is needed for some students to help them make sense of number. Nathalie Sinclair is Distinguished University Professor at Simon Fraser University in the Faculty of Education and studies the role of the body in mathematical thinking and learning.
ISSN:0025-5785