Values Integration and Retention of Information Associating values or standards of behavior with mathematical concepts can serve 35
a source of motivation for the students. Values integration will help the students
get life lessons through math. If the students find a learning material engaging and meaningful, then they will ask for more (since curiosity will start to kick in). Curiosity s the force behind lifelong learning!
E xp e rie n ce The valuing part can be done before closing the lesson. Listed below are the mathematical concepts vis-a-vis the sample questions and/or moral lessons that you might want your learners to reflect on.
You may ask your students to reflect on and write about mathematical concepts in relation to values or standards of behavior related to their lesson. Math Topic 1. Whole Numbers
Reflection Questions Connect the lesson to the concept of 'wholeness'— comprising the full quantity, the start of forming a complete and harmonious whole, and the state of being unbroken and undamaged. 1. What were your experiences in the past that make you feel "whole" or "complete"? 2. Bullying can make a person's heart broken/not whole. Cite a specific event in the past in which you or your classmate has experienced bullying (in any form). How did you respond to the situation? What can you do to stand up against persons who break or damage people's hearts?
2. Order of Operations
Relate this lesson to the importance of obeying rules/order for self-management and doing things one step at a time. 1. Why are rules important? 2. What aspect of obeying rules did you find quite challenging in the past? 3. What step-by-step process do you follow in solving your problems?
Unit Mi • INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE INTERMEDIATE GRADES
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