Session Info

The displays would be set up in a convenient area, such as a hall, library, double classroom, multi-purpose room, etc.

Session Times:

• 90 minutes for Upper Primary and Lower Secondary
• 70 minutes for Lower Primary

Note: Each session requires a minimum of 50 students and a maximum of 70 students and a minimum of 2 sessions a day.

Activities

There are seventeen large, colourful displays in each session, with corresponding worksheets for the students, and an eight page booklet for the teachers, with answers and follow-on information.

There are activities belonging to the strands of: number, space, measurement, chance and data and logical thinking and sequencing.

All activities meet the national curriculum requirements.

The instructions and questions on the displays make each session a guided discovery lesson, where the students solve a variety of problems, discover number patterns, identify geometric properties, think logically and apply mathematics to the physical world.

By giving students this experience, they have an opportunity to acquire a variety of different skills and strategies needed for problem solving.

Specific Values

• Students have the time and freedom to pursue their own paths in trying to solve the problems.
• Motivation is very important. WORLD OF MATHS is an enjoyable and attractive situation which encourages the students to think.
• The students can experience mathematics related to practical and real-life situations.
• It helps develops skills necessary to work in small groups as an effective way of learning mathematics.
• It allows the students to interact, which will boost their confidence.
• It promotes positive attitudes towards mathematics.

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