UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

METHOD OF TEACHING BASIC SCHOOL MATHEMATICS

UN No: 22023307

Name: Lorem Lorem

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2. There are a certain number of pencils and pens on a teachers table, show how you could guide a
learner who cannot count, to identify that either the pen or the pencil is more or fewer.

Ans:

Step 1:

Guide pupil to sort the pens and pencils on table

Step 2:

Let pupil observe the two group i.e. group of pencil and group of pens

Step 3:

Guide pupil to compare the two groups (pens and pencils)

Step 4:

Pupil will be able to tell and identify which group is more than the other.

3. In your own words explain the term Conservation of weight using concrete examples

And:

Conservation of weight is the ability of a child to detect that weight measured remain the same
even if the change in shape or volume. E.g. Using a milk tin

Diagram A Diagram B

4. Using an activity, show how you would guide a primary school pupil to find the LCM of 8 & 12

Ans:

Guide pupil to list the multiple of 8 and 12

12 {12, 24, 36, 48 …..}

8 {8, 16, 24, 32 …….}

Guide pupil observe common multiples and select the least one from the list i.e. = 24

LCM of 12 & 8 = 24

5. Show how you would guide learner to establish for themselves that, the same of interior angle of a
triangle is 180 degrees

Ans:

Step 1: Take any triangle (acute, obtuse, right angle), let us take an acute-angled triangle.
Step 2: Mark the angles as x°, y°, and z° respectively.

Step 3: Cut all three angles of the triangle.

Step 4: Now draw a straight line on a sheet.

Step 5: Arrange the angles which have been cut from the triangle in a manner to form a semi-circle.

Step 6: As we know that measure of a semi-circle is 180 degrees and hence the sum of angles of a
triangle is 180 degrees.

x° + y° + z° = 180°