Teaching Mathematics Foundation To Senior Phase 2nd !!exclusive!!

Do not believe the myth that manipulatives are "babyish." Senior Phase students need them for cognitive bridging.

Knowing what to teach is insufficient. You need a delivery system that accounts for adolescent psychology. Teaching Mathematics Foundation To Senior Phase 2nd

No two students enter Grade 8 with the same foundation. You need three tiers. Do not believe the myth that manipulatives are "babyish

Beyond basic computation, Grade 8 requires students to evaluate expressions where the grouping symbol is a fraction bar or a square root. Introduce the "Hierarchy of Operations" pyramid. Most errors occur when students ignore implied multiplication (e.g., 3(2 + 4) is not 3 x 2 + 4 ; it requires distributive property, which is a higher-order operation). it requires distributive property