A strong foundation in Mathematics at the primary level is critical for success in later years of schooling. Thus, it is important to ensure that the mathematics taught and learnt, especially at the Grade 6 level, provide pupils with an enriching experience in terms of knowledge skills, dispositions, attitudes as well as values. In this spirit, the current textbook sets out to provide concept-building materials and activities, practice and consolidation exercises problem-solving techniques and carefully-selected assessment tasks, all directed towards a learning trajectory hinged on sense-making and reasoning.
Over the course of the project, we have undertaken a process of thorough reflection and discussion to decide how concepts are to be introduced and developed, the extent to which they are to be covered and the methods that might be more accessible to our Grade 6 pupils In the writing of the textbook, we have also taken into consideration the hurdles that Grade 6 pupils commonly encounter.
We are more than convinced that pedagogy matters and can make a difference. We would encourage teachers to put emphasis on conceptual understanding before moving procedures. We hope that pupils, teachers, as well as parents find in this book resources that will enable them to experience mathematics as a sense making endeavor, as a subject that is within the learner’s reach and that is intrinsically rewarding.
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