1. Teaching Approaches in Mathematics
Presented by:
Gan Teck Hock
Planning & Teaching Mathematics (PISMP Semester 4)
IPG Kampus Kota Bharu, Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan
July 2010

3. A good teacher always tries not to point fingers to others, but himself / herself.

4. INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES
Teacher Centred
decision making
students’ participation
classroom interaction
Student Centred
Media Centred

5. Decision Making What to learn? How to learn? Negotiation Teacher
Centred
Negotiation
Student
Centred
Suggestion 1: by teacher with students’ agreement.
Suggestion 2: by students with teacher’s suggestions & input.

6. Students’ Participation
Active?
Passive?
Teacher
Centred
shared participation
Student
Centred

7. Classroom Interaction
teacher – student
student – student
student – media

8. Instructional Approaches
Deductive
Inductive
concept formation

9. Concept Formation How are concepts being formed? Deductive Inductive
From general to specific
From specific to general

10. Try out & compare the two lessons on palindromes.
Deductive & Inductive Approaches
Try out & compare the two lessons on palindromes.

11. Deductive Approach
GENERAL
SPECIFIC

12. Inductive Approach
SPECIFIC
GENERAL

13. Another example on triangles.
Deductive & Inductive Approaches
Another example on triangles.

14. Inductive or Deductive?
My Shape
Not My Shape
My shape is a triangle.
What is a triangle?

15. Inductive or Deductive
A triangle is a closed 2-D shape that has 3 straight sides.
Triangle
Not Triangle

16. Summarise the differences between deductive approach and inductive approach
Design an activity to teach a mathematics concept deductively, and another activity to teach the same concept inductively.