Group Work
DEFINITION OF GROUP WORK
• Group work involves students working
collaboratively on set tasks, in or out of the
classroom. Group work includes:
• Any learning and teaching tasks or activities that
require students to work in groups
• Any formal assessment tasks that require students to
work in groups.
(pairs and small teams of three to six).
Group work/Discussion method
Aims of group work
• intellectual understanding, abilities and skills
• communication, cooperative and teamwork skills such
as planning, management, leadership and peer
support
• independence and increased responsibility for own
learning
The benefits of group work
• Increased productivity and performance
• Skills development
• Knowing more about yourself
• Enhanced self-awareness
Technique of group work
• The purpose of group work should be adequately clear
to every member
• Group should be homogeneous
• in order to ensure equal responsibility and effort
Activity
Oral Work
Oral work
• It is the work which is done without
the help of written word and record.
• As a matter of fact that much of the mathematical
work has to be done mentally and many tables have
to b learnet by heart.
• Oral work is the back bone not only for written work
but also of overall performance in the subject.
Function of oral work
• With the help of oral work some time can possibly be
saved.
• It remove shyness of pupils through oral expression.
• A few oral questions can make the students alert and
active.
• It is an easy of testing previous knowledge.
• It encourages healthy competition.
• The teacher can through out remain
in touch with class.
Cont..
• It is an effective means of maintaining discipline.
• It builds strong foundation for later written work.
• Oral questions enable the teacher to judge weather the
students are following the lesson or not.
• Recapitulation and revision can also be done by well-
framed oral questions.
Written work
Oral discussion and mental images are not enough and
cannot possibly be retained for long time. The ultimate
aim of oral work is the efficiency in written work.
• Designing and comparing procedures
How might we count this pile of sticks?
How could you subtract 37 from 82?
• Interpreting result
What does the graph tell us about the most common shoe
size?
So what can we say about the sum of the angles in a
triangle?
• Applying reasoning
In how many different ways can four children sit at a
round table?
Why is the sum of two odd numbers always even?
Assignment
Definition
“The definition of an assignment
is a task that has been given to
someone”.
Characteristics of Assignment:
Briefly speaking, the assignment must possess the
following characteristics:
• Correlation with previous knowledge and
experiences.
• Clarity and definiteness
• Recognition of individual
differences
Guidelines for preparing the Assignments
• Teacher should give hints and references about topic
• Assignment should arise out of the activities, need
and interest of the pupils
• It must motivate, clear up doubts and develop
insight.
• The assignment should be cooperative activity on
which teacher and pupil take an effective part.
This is your assignment activity.
This is your assignment activity.
Advantages :
• Provides opportunity for self learning
• Assignment provides sufficient flexibility in learning.
• The slow learners too adapt with this method.
• Teachers’ interruption is very much reduced and the
students’ active participation is encouraged.
• Teacher acts as a role of guide only.
Disadvantages:
• It is time consuming and burden process.
• Teacher has to collect the information from various
sources before assigning the work to the students.
• The success of the assignment method largely depends
on facilities
• The teacher has to examine the work
• The slow learners need much more attention from the
teacher.
Drill Work
Drill Work
• Drill or exercises are nothing but the ways to
revise lesson that has already been taught. It is
a means to strengthen the knowledge already
acquired.
Importance of Drill and Exercise in the
Teaching of Mathematics
Drill leads to habit formation, mental, physical
and emotional outcomes of schools activities are
always the result of habit formation and hence
dependent on drill.
How drill became effective?
• Drill must be most effective and well
motivated.
• Drill exercise should be brief and distributed
over a period of time.
• Variety of problems will make the drill
interesting.
• The drill work should be progressively more
challenging.
Activity
Merits and Advantages of Drill work
• It keeps the teacher conscious of his
responsibilities. It does not allow him to sleep
over the matter for the year because he shall
have to teach the students in the class.
• It also keeps the students awake. They have to
do the work regularly, so that they do not fail
in the examination.
Demerits or Disadvantages of the Drill
work
This method has the following drawbacks:-
• It gives an opportunity to the teacher to sit at
ease in the class and ask the students to solve
exercises or do the drill.
• If exercises are not properly given to the
students, it is likely to jeopardize the interest of
the students in subject.
How Drill make effective
• A spirit of play should be introduced in order to
make the process of memorization less tiresome.
This can be achieved by making use of number
games, number cards, self-direction material and
application of ideas in various situations at
home and school. It should often be indirect and
disguised.
A few principles Underlying Effective
Drill
• The material to be memorized or drill upon
should be meaningful.
• Drill exercises should be short and distributed
over a period of time.
• Drill should be properly and sufficiently
motivated and once initiative, it should be well
organized
Homework
Introduction
• Forty minutes of a period is not sufficient to evaluate
the:
• essay type or objective type
• Questions or practice mathematics
• or solving problems in mathematics. Therefore home
work has to be given regularly to the students
Why is Homework Important?
• Homework set prior to a lesson can aid
understanding later in class.
• Homework also provides opportunities for
reinforcement of work
• learned during school time and for children to
develop their research skills
Why homework is helpful
• “Homework is important because it’s an
opportunity for students to review materials
that are covered in the classroom.
Merits and Advantages of Home Work
• Home work is essential because the school hours are
not enough for necessary work.
• It brings about closer relationship among the parents
and the school.
• It promotes the habit of self study in children.
• It develops a sense of responsibility among the
children
Disadvantages or Demerits of Home Work
• It takes too much time of children after the school.
• Homes do not provide suitable conditions of work.
• Many people involve their parents or others to
complete their home work.
• Some children develop emotional tensions because of
home work.
Activity
Teaching methods of mathematics
Teaching methods of mathematics
Teaching methods of mathematics

Teaching methods of mathematics

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    DEFINITION OF GROUPWORK • Group work involves students working collaboratively on set tasks, in or out of the classroom. Group work includes: • Any learning and teaching tasks or activities that require students to work in groups • Any formal assessment tasks that require students to work in groups. (pairs and small teams of three to six).
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    Aims of groupwork • intellectual understanding, abilities and skills • communication, cooperative and teamwork skills such as planning, management, leadership and peer support • independence and increased responsibility for own learning
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    The benefits ofgroup work • Increased productivity and performance • Skills development • Knowing more about yourself • Enhanced self-awareness
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    Technique of groupwork • The purpose of group work should be adequately clear to every member • Group should be homogeneous • in order to ensure equal responsibility and effort
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    Oral work • Itis the work which is done without the help of written word and record. • As a matter of fact that much of the mathematical work has to be done mentally and many tables have to b learnet by heart. • Oral work is the back bone not only for written work but also of overall performance in the subject.
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    Function of oralwork • With the help of oral work some time can possibly be saved. • It remove shyness of pupils through oral expression. • A few oral questions can make the students alert and active. • It is an easy of testing previous knowledge. • It encourages healthy competition. • The teacher can through out remain in touch with class.
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    Cont.. • It isan effective means of maintaining discipline. • It builds strong foundation for later written work. • Oral questions enable the teacher to judge weather the students are following the lesson or not. • Recapitulation and revision can also be done by well- framed oral questions.
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    Written work Oral discussionand mental images are not enough and cannot possibly be retained for long time. The ultimate aim of oral work is the efficiency in written work.
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    • Designing andcomparing procedures How might we count this pile of sticks? How could you subtract 37 from 82? • Interpreting result What does the graph tell us about the most common shoe size? So what can we say about the sum of the angles in a triangle? • Applying reasoning In how many different ways can four children sit at a round table? Why is the sum of two odd numbers always even?
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    Definition “The definition ofan assignment is a task that has been given to someone”.
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    Characteristics of Assignment: Brieflyspeaking, the assignment must possess the following characteristics: • Correlation with previous knowledge and experiences. • Clarity and definiteness • Recognition of individual differences
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    Guidelines for preparingthe Assignments • Teacher should give hints and references about topic • Assignment should arise out of the activities, need and interest of the pupils • It must motivate, clear up doubts and develop insight. • The assignment should be cooperative activity on which teacher and pupil take an effective part.
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    This is yourassignment activity.
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    This is yourassignment activity.
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    Advantages : • Providesopportunity for self learning • Assignment provides sufficient flexibility in learning. • The slow learners too adapt with this method. • Teachers’ interruption is very much reduced and the students’ active participation is encouraged. • Teacher acts as a role of guide only.
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    Disadvantages: • It istime consuming and burden process. • Teacher has to collect the information from various sources before assigning the work to the students. • The success of the assignment method largely depends on facilities • The teacher has to examine the work • The slow learners need much more attention from the teacher.
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    Drill Work • Drillor exercises are nothing but the ways to revise lesson that has already been taught. It is a means to strengthen the knowledge already acquired.
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    Importance of Drilland Exercise in the Teaching of Mathematics Drill leads to habit formation, mental, physical and emotional outcomes of schools activities are always the result of habit formation and hence dependent on drill.
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    How drill becameeffective? • Drill must be most effective and well motivated. • Drill exercise should be brief and distributed over a period of time. • Variety of problems will make the drill interesting. • The drill work should be progressively more challenging.
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    Merits and Advantagesof Drill work • It keeps the teacher conscious of his responsibilities. It does not allow him to sleep over the matter for the year because he shall have to teach the students in the class. • It also keeps the students awake. They have to do the work regularly, so that they do not fail in the examination.
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    Demerits or Disadvantagesof the Drill work This method has the following drawbacks:- • It gives an opportunity to the teacher to sit at ease in the class and ask the students to solve exercises or do the drill. • If exercises are not properly given to the students, it is likely to jeopardize the interest of the students in subject.
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    How Drill makeeffective • A spirit of play should be introduced in order to make the process of memorization less tiresome. This can be achieved by making use of number games, number cards, self-direction material and application of ideas in various situations at home and school. It should often be indirect and disguised.
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    A few principlesUnderlying Effective Drill • The material to be memorized or drill upon should be meaningful. • Drill exercises should be short and distributed over a period of time. • Drill should be properly and sufficiently motivated and once initiative, it should be well organized
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    Introduction • Forty minutesof a period is not sufficient to evaluate the: • essay type or objective type • Questions or practice mathematics • or solving problems in mathematics. Therefore home work has to be given regularly to the students
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    Why is HomeworkImportant? • Homework set prior to a lesson can aid understanding later in class. • Homework also provides opportunities for reinforcement of work • learned during school time and for children to develop their research skills
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    Why homework ishelpful • “Homework is important because it’s an opportunity for students to review materials that are covered in the classroom.
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    Merits and Advantagesof Home Work • Home work is essential because the school hours are not enough for necessary work. • It brings about closer relationship among the parents and the school. • It promotes the habit of self study in children. • It develops a sense of responsibility among the children
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    Disadvantages or Demeritsof Home Work • It takes too much time of children after the school. • Homes do not provide suitable conditions of work. • Many people involve their parents or others to complete their home work. • Some children develop emotional tensions because of home work.
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