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Experiences of learning mathematics
This unit is aimed at teachers who wish to review how they...
This unit is aimed at teachers who wish to review how they go about the practice of teaching maths, those who are considering becoming maths teachers, or those who are studying maths courses and would like to understand more about the teaching process.
After studying this unit, you should:
- understand some current issues in mathematics education, such as the relationship of mathematics content to mathematics processes.
- understand a variety of approaches to the teaching of mathematics such as 'do-talk-record'
- be able to approach mathematical problems and tasks in a flexible way.
- Duration: 16 hours
- Published on: Friday 1st August 2008
- Level: Intermediate
- Posted under: Mathematics Education
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Experiences of learning mathematics
Introduction

This unit is aimed at teachers who wish to review how they go about the practice of teaching maths, those who are considering becoming maths teachers, or those who are studying maths courses and would like to understand more about the teaching process.
This unit is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Teaching mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 (ME624) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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This is an extract from an Open University course which is no longer available to new students. If you found this interesting you could explore more free Mathematics Education course units or view the range of currently available OU Mathematics Education courses.
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