Mathematics Teaching

Mathematics Teaching is also very important for the teacher and her/his students. We have here a picture of some important latent variables we need in Mathematics Teaching.
The first figure contains some important variables eight to number and how to combine them. In the other picture we have six more activities we might need in the teaching process. In the first picture we have the most important starting activities and in the second picture we have the approaches how to differentiate the teaching process.

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The first picture starts with the selection of an Emotional Classroom Climate. That would mean that the teacher is included in the Climate and especially Teacher Student Interaction. There is plenty of studies, which show that this kind of approach will have an impact on student Self-Esteem. We should understand that first with good Self-Esteem can a strong Motivation follow of which the good learning is the product. The route is marked with a green ar row, which should been fol lo wed. The teacher should not start the Cognitive Climate before the students have good enough Self-Esteem. Following the route, the teacher should select the Learning Theories and Learning Styles which he/she thinks would lead to best Learning.

In the Classroom there certainly are students who need Exemplification and Differentiation. Don’t forget to build a good enough Learning Environment where you have your students with different Activities. You should also have discussions with your students so that some important areas are well enough Reflected.

When planing the contents of the classroom aims and the Key Contents as given in the beginning of the lesson. The structure of the lesson should be about the same. When starting the lesson it should motivate the students for explorative behavior. It means that the students should have problems and ability to explore it.

The teaching should start with real objects, which we should use before going over to theoretical thinking level of teaching. The action level for the students is the action when they solve the problem. They do not need any objects to solve the problems.
When teacher follows this type of phase approach, then every student will get teaching on student’s own level. If the students are taught in this way they will be led to intrinsic motivation, which is the correct type of motivation.
Every lesson should include mental counting, problem solving and action parts. In this way we can be sure that every student will learn

• mechanical counting ability,
• mathematical thinking ability,
• and problem solving ability.

In this way the teaching will be internerlized. In the teaching process the teacher should always include self-estimation for the students. And it should be used quite often as it has been done in the text book.
For every lesson you should have mental counting, verbal counting, and problem solving items. The teacher should use plenty of items, which activate the students for thinking and explorative behavior. Let the students also build a mathland together, which can be used whenever needed.