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Hands-On Methods |
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To increase student achievement in mathematics, our extensive research led to the hands-on approach of mathematics as the methodology best suited to the elementary audience and to the elementary math concepts. Research into hands-on math took us to national hands-on expert Kay Toliver. Toliver’s approach states that students learn by doing, not be listening. Activities should include:
- a way for the students to see-and touch-a physical example of a mathematical concept.
- It requires the solution of a problem.
- It gives students a chance to make discoveries of their own.
- It involves a subject or theme that interests students and excites their imaginations.
- It presents an opportunity for students to exercise mathematical skills.
- It illustrates the connections between mathematics and other parts of the curriculum and/or between mathematics and life outside of the classroom.
- It requires students to think, to communicate, and to work together.
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| We held a summer workshop for teachers with instruction on using the hands-on approach in teaching Mathematics. We brought in Kay Toliver and Dave Hendry of the Futures Channel and during the first two days of the workshop they introduced teachers to the hand-on approach. |
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