DIVISION TRAINING-WORKSHOP ON

MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATIONS
FOR SDOIN MATHEMATIC TEACHERS

February 2-4,2022
 SESSION 1: Constructivism, and
Mathematical Investigations in the
Mathematics Curriculum

February 2, 2022

MR. JENIFER B. BALISACAN

Master Teacher II, Sarrat NHS
 CLASSPOINT ACTIVITY 1

Enumerate two (2) of your teaching

practices or activities whether
conventional or constructivist-based
pedagogical approaches and strategies
in mathematics?
Mathematical Investigations

Topic Outline

1 2 3 4
WHY? WHAT? HOW?
Ways
Forward?
 1 2
Session 1: OBJECTIVES
WHAT? WHY?
1. Identify the aspects in the K-12
Mathematics Curriculum that connect to the
conduct of Mathematical Investigations(MI)
2. Identify the learning Theories that strongly
Learning
support the use of MI in the K-12 curriculum Theories
3. Appreciate the essence of MI in the K-12
Curriculum
4. Integrate the identified theories in the
development of learning activities in
Mathematics
 National Trainers Training in the Conduct of
Mathematical Investigations

Mathematical
Investigations (MI) in the

Math Curriculum
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
“MI is constructivist teaching at its finest.”
Conjecturing,
Reasoning,
Proving

SOLVING

VISUALIZING
MODELIN
G

APPLYING
&
CONNECTING
RA 10533 sec.5
The Curriculum
a. shall be learner-centered, inclusive and
developmentally appropriate;
b. shall be relevant, responsive and research-based;
c. shall be culture-sensitive;
d. shall be contextualized and global;
e. shall use pedagogical approaches that are
constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective,
collaborative and integrative;
A Map of Learning Theories

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Constructivism

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Constructivism
*people Construct meaning through their interpretive interactions
and experiences in their social environment.

*Prior knowledge and experiences play a significant role in learning

and forms the basis of subsequent learning.

* Focuses on the WHY of learning and opens the door to critical

thinking and intellectual development
* Empowerment of the learner, i.e active construction of knowledge
and not passive reception of information.
* Cooperative learning: Teacher as facilitator, instigator, coach and
assessor (Caffarella & Bannet, 1994)
Constructivism and Connectivism informs
school mathematics to embrace …
 Constructivism
• Mascolo & Fischer ( 2005), “Constructivism
is a learning theory which holds that
knowledge is best gained through a process
of reflection and active construction in the
mind” (as quoted in Brau, 2018).

• Constructivism states that “Knowledge is

constructed, rather than innate, or passively
absorbed” (Mcleod, 2019).
 Constructivism
• Knowledge (K) exists in connected
networks (framework or schema)
• Learning occurs via 2 processes
Jean Piaget
• assimilation: K is added, without
changing the framework
• accommodation: K is added, changing
the framework
 Assimilation VS Accomodation

The boy saw an airplane and
from the existing schema, he
called it a “ bird”. This is called
ASSIMILATION.
Mother told him that it is not a
bird , it is an airplane and people
travel in it and it is a non-living
thing.
With the help of new schema,
now he learns how to recognize
correctly the difference of a bird
and an airplane. This is called
ACCOMODATION.
MI is Even More
than
Constructivism….
“A Mathematics Curriculum that
Emphasizes Computations and Rules is
like a Literature Curriculum that
emphasizes grammar and spelling.”

UPNISMED
“Why USE
Constructivists-based
activities into the
Classroom.” Why not?
In-
service
teachers
are not
capable
Why to include
constructivist
based
pedagogies/activiti
es e.g. MI and
MM in School
Mathematics?
 CLASSPOINT ACTIVITY 2:

Question: What your greatest takeaway from this

session 1?

Go to ClassPoint.app again and answer the question

using the same class code.
REFERENCES:

UPNISMED Facilitators Training in Math

Investigations 2005, 2007

SCOPE-SMT in UST
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
LISTENING!