This document discusses why math is often disliked and proposes alternative approaches to math education. It suggests that traditional methods focus too much on rote memorization without developing mathematical intuition. Visual and interactive learning styles that start with geometry and make math relevant may help motivate students more. The document argues that while algebraic precision has its place, developing number sense is more important initially. It advocates exposing children to ways math is present in everyday life before requiring mastery of rules and symbols.

1. Why Maths are so hated?

2. Math language
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Traditional method for learn Math
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Very abstract!

3. Maybe we start badly
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“Children who are
drilled in rote
arithmetic are learning
skills far removed
from those that enrich
mathematical
intuition” ,
http://newsoffice.mit
.edu/1999/math-0512

4. Math not always are exact
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"Down the road,
educators may look
harder at the
importance of
developing children's
number sense":
ability to determine a
ballpark answer
rather than a specific
answer, the “number
sense”
http://newsoffice.mit
.edu/1999/math-0512

5. Visual learning
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Three main types of learning styles: visual,
auditory, and kinesthetic
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Visual learners prefer to learn from whole-
to-part, also really need to understand why
they are learning something: motivation!

6. Be visual: what about
Geometry for start?

7. Motivation
A friend, 27 years old: “I never
have used the Maths learned in
the school in real life”
Me: Well, Maths
are surrounding
us, really!

8. Using imagination, and
getting fun
Donald in Mathmagic Land: an
old comic for children … and
also not so young people
Donald learn Maths are
everywhere...

9. Maths everywhere

10. Maths everywhere:
Architecture

11. Maths everywhere: design

12. Maths everywhere:
mechanisms, machines

13. Maths everywhere:
computers

14. Maths everywhere:
Nature

15. Maths everywhere: Laws
of Universe
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Universe behaves
mathematically, nobody
knows why ...

16. So, why algebraic
language is important?
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For exact solution of problems
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For exact representation of the Nature's
laws

17. Equations contains lot of
exact information

18. But … so exactitude, is
always needed?
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Perhaps we can
let it for adult
people who
really need it
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Children don't
need exact
numbers

19. So, two approaches
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Visual, imaginative approach:
better for start our Math
learning
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Algebraic, numerical, exact
approach: later, when mind is
able to work with abstract
concepts

20. How we can become
proficient on Math
language?
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Like in a
game, there
are rules …
lot of rules,
we need know
them for be
able to play

21. All is about rules and
definitions
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+·+ = + +·- = -, -·+ = -, -·- = +
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a·(b + c) = a·b + a·c
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(a + b) / c = a/c + b/c
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a·a = a², a·a·a = a³, …
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And so on ...

22. Constructing the Math
Building, step by step
Arithmetic basic rules
Arithmetic advanced rules
Basic Algebra
Arithmetic advanced rules
Math Functions
Math in real life
Math Research

23. What about modern advanced calculators?
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No need to learn all the rules, we
can concentrate in higher concepts

24. Problems
resolution
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From real world we create a
Math representation
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Then, we apply the rules and
definitions
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We obtain an exact solution

25. Why Maths are so
complicated?
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Not Maths per se, but Nature
is complicated

26. Share the knowledge!
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All the images of this
presentation was downloaded
from www.flickr.com
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The ideas about Math
learning has succesfully been
applied by the author