The Profile of a Good Mathematician
The profile of a good mathematician, I had to reflect and think about these words – I immediately thought of mastery of bas 10. However, there is much more to a profile –
- forming connections
- creativity
- sharing the maths learning
- taking risks and not being afraid to make mistakes – this is growing the muscles in our brain
- interpreting and evaluating
- authentic earning and discovery
An area that I need to grow is giving my learners opportunities to share what they have learned in a range of presentations. Giving learning opportunities to share enables the learning to be consolidated through practice and allows peers to learn skills and form new connections.
The surveyed responses from Year 5 and 6 students about how they best learned surprised me.