Twice Five Plus the Wings of a Bird

Synopsis: Discusses the teaching of mathematics in schools and how it clashes with the way children learn. Evidence suggests that children possess innate mathematical ability but methods of maths teaching ignore this and allow a cycle of incomprehension, failure, boredom and hatred to build up. One method addressing the situation, shown in practice in an ordinary primary school, involves getting children to invent their own problems to solve, creating puzzles and games which lead them into areas of maths which they have never explored before.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1986
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Education
Keywords: mathematics teaching; primary education; teaching methods

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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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