Don’t just solve for x: letting kids explore real-world scenarios will keep them in maths class
- Written by Jill Fielding-Wells, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University
A traditional maths problem involving pizza will be very far removed from real life.from shutterstock.com
In real life, ordering pizza for a group of people involves having a conversation about what people like, how much they can eat, how much they want to spend and whether pineapple really belongs on pizza.
But in the context of a traditional...