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- - Effective use of Zoom for Teaching Mathematics
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- Teaching students maths so they learn
- - What is a mental model?
- - We are different from most of our students
- - Student maths mental models
- - Doing maths without good mental models
- - Six differences between mental models in experts and novices
- - Part 2: Teaching students how to develop good mental models
- - Part 3: What to do?
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Part 2: Teaching students how to develop good mental models
There is clear evidence that mathematical experts hold good mathematical mental models, but that few students of mathematics do.
We want students to develop good mental models, yet most of them fail to do so.
What can we do to change this?
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There is a strong case for explicitly teaching students how to store maths in their brains as well as what to store.
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How do we go about this?
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