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Peter
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Sep-13-02, 03:50 PM (EST) |
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"teaching sets"
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Dear Math Interest Group, My children's school doesn't teach sets until middle school (6th grade or above.) What can I do to teach them now? I learned in 2nd grade, and appreciated it. Peter |
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alexb
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Sep-14-02, 01:45 AM (EST) |
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1. "RE: teaching sets"
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>My children's school doesn't teach sets until middle school
>(6th grade or above.) Do they teach anything else instead? >What can I do to teach them now? If you do not plan on working with your children systematicly, I would do nothing. Whatever they learn must be reinforced by the subsequent study. If it does not, their precious time will be lost. Depending on their developmental level and the degree of their interest in mathematics, you may suggest some reading. But again, if your children do not show very strong interest in the subject, I would not leave them to do the reading alone. >I
>learned in 2nd grade, and appreciated it. You probably did that in a certain framework. This might be also important.
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OSUMathEdGuy
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Sep-20-02, 04:00 PM (EST) |
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Peter-
Though I don't know the specifics of what you have in mind, one fun "family" activity is to play Set. It is a card game though an online "daily puzzle" can be found at https://www.setgame.com. There is a Description on that site of the mathematics involved with the game. Though I can't be sure, my guess is that a second grade student who likes games would enjoy this and develop the beginnings of a sense of sets and "making sets" according to given criteria.Good luck!
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Peter
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Oct-02-02, 09:35 AM (EST) |
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Math Interest Folks, Thanks for both the comment about the Set Game and the general comment that teaching a specific topic needs to be later reinforced. I've been reviewing instructional materiels and am getting increasingly frustrated. What I've tried to do is find a treatment of the topic in my children's textbooks. When the ones my children have had through third grade didn't have them, I've asked school administrators to explain where they are taught, and come up with a citation in the textbooks or other instructional materiels. My search has been going on for over two years. I've reviewed ten textbooks and teacher guides. None mention the topic of sets, or show the terms "intersection", "union", "subset" or "null set". As these terms are not presented, there is, clearly, no associated symbols shown. We love playing games. I am thinking we would enjoy playing the Set Game, and should add it to our collection. However, I'm not sure it will present the terms and symbols I want my children to know. Again, if anyone is aware of literature relating to instruction on sets, I'd appreciate it. What I am lookinbg for is a text/graphics presentation, followed by a series of problems, exercises and tests to reinforce that the topic is understood. Peter |
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