Implementing Constructivism in Mathematics Classrooms.ppt

Kamii, Constance Constructivism and Beginning Arithmatic (K-2) Implementing Constructivism in Mathematics Classrooms Tomas Cometto 20 March 2008 Outline Define Constructivism Aspects of implementing constructivism in math classrooms Math Anxiety Role of Instructor Development of Math knowledge Counting Patterns Functions What is Constructivism? Theory of knowledge, assumes that “knowledge, no matter how it be defined, is in the heads of persons, and that the thinking subject has no alternative but to construct what he or she knows on the basis of his or her own experience”1 Many applications: