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Categories of Resources
• Reference materials
• Teaching materials
• Learning materials
• Tools/mediums to aid in using the resources : electronic and non-
electronic equipment
• Concrete and virtual aids for teaching and learning
Types of Printed Materials
• Syllabi; Curriculum
• Text books; Guide books; Workbooks
• Revision books; Reference books
• Resource books or catalogues (Where and how to obtain resources and
or how to create resources or has ready made resources)
Advantages of using Printed Materials
• Brainstorming:
• Advantages of using different types of printed materials in teaching
and learning mathematics.
• Cheap, permanent, illustrates from concrete to abstract, easy to refer,
can be multiplied easily (photocopied); availability, variety.
use printed materials in teaching and learning
• Set Induction
• Developmental stages
• Closure
• Homework
• Class work
• Notes: reference materials
• Display: charts
Characteristics of materials in teaching and learning
• Meets curricular and instructional needs
• Is cost effective
• Cosmetically and technically adequate
• Cognitively challenging
• Attractive
• Motivates students to learn
• Encourages active participation
Benefits
• Accommodates student’s differences (needs and abilities)
• Resulting in realisation of student’s capabilities and potentials
• Students take responsibility for managing and directing their own
learning
Selection and Evaluation Guideline
• Cosmetic adequacy
• Instructional adequacy
• Technical adequacy
• Curriculum adequacy
• Cost effectiveness
Mathematical manipulative
A mathematical manipulative is defined as any material or defined as
any material or object from the real world that object from the real
world that children move around to show a children move around to
show a mathematics concept. They are concrete, hands-on models that
appeal to the models that appeal to the senses and can be touched by
senses and can be touched by students. Students learn best when they
Students learn best when they are active participants in the learning
process.
Advantages use teaching aids
Help students learn to relate real Help students learn to relate real
world situations to mathematics world situations to mathematics
symbolism.
Work together cooperatively in Work together cooperatively in solving
problems.
Discuss mathematical ideas and Discuss mathematical ideas and
concepts, verbalize their concepts, verbalize their mathematics
thinking
Solve problems without teacher Solve problems without teacher
direction, and learn that there are directions, and learn that there are
many different ways to solve many different ways to solve problems.
Easy way to introduce and Easy way to introduce and visualize a
concept.
GEOBOARD
A geoboard is a mathematical manipulative often used to explore
basic concepts in plane geometry such as perimeter, area or the
characteristics of triangles and other polygons. Consisting of a physical
board with a certain number of nails half driven in, in a symmetrical
square five-by-five array, students are encouraged to place rubber
bands around the pegs to model various geometric concepts or to
solve other mathematical puzzles. Two-dimensional representations of
the geoboard may be applied to ordinary paper using rubber stamps or
special "geoboard paper" with diagrams of geoboards may be used to
help capture a student's explanations of the concept they have
discovered or illustrated on the geoboard.
Geoboards were invented and popularized by Egyptian mathematician
Caleb Gattegno in the 1950s.
The geoboard is a device used in elementary schools to aid in the
teaching of basic geometric concepts. Geoboards may be purchased
commercially from the usual supply houses or they may be constructed
out of common household materials using common tools. A simple
geoboard can be made from a square piece of wood and 25 finishing
nails. A grid of 5 vertical lines and 5 horizontal lines evenly spaced are
drawn on the square piece of wood. Nails are placed at the
intersections of the lines so that they extend about one centimeter.
Figures are made on the geoboard by stretching rubber bands from one
nail to another until the desired shape is formed. Segments can be
shown by connecting only two nails. The first task to perform is to
determine how many different segments may be constructed on the
geoboard.
Base Blocks
This manipulative is intended to provide maximum flexibility for the
teacher in teaching place-naming in different bases and different
numbers of decimal places. As with the other Base Block manipulatives
(Base Block Addition, Base Block Subtraction, and Base Block
Decimals), the user can change the default setting of base 10 (to any
of the bases 2, 3, 4, 5, or back to 10).
Base blocks representations can be very helpful in developing mental
images of numbers, place value, and operations. Have your students
use the base 10 workspace to represent a variety of numbers. Show a
variety of base 10 representations and ask students to write the
associated numeral.
Base blocks are also useful in illustrating grouping rules. Ask students
to describe the rule that determines place value. For example, when
you have 12 units in the blocks column, you must make a group of ten
and drag it into the 10's column. The associated rule might be
described as "You can only have 9 things in a column. When you add a
10th thing, you need to make a trade up."
CUISENAIRE RODS
Cuisenaire rods are a versatile mathematical manipulative used in
elementary school as well as other levels of learning and even with
adults. They are used to teach a wide variety of mathematical topics
such as the basic four operations, fractions [1], area, volume, square
roots, solving simple equations, systems of equations, and even
quadratic equations.
Though primarily used for mathematics, they have also become
popular in language-teaching classrooms, particularly The Silent
Way,[2]. They can be used to teach items such as prepositions of place,
sentence and word stress.
The rods (réglettes in the original French) are named after their
inventor, Georges Cuisenaire (1891-1976), a Belgian primary school
teacher, who published a book on their use in 1952 called Les nombres
en couleurs. The use of rods for both mathematics and language
teaching was developed and popularised by Caleb Gattegno in many
countries around the world.
In the system, there are 10 rods measuring 1 cm to 10 cm. Rods of
equal length are assigned the same colour. Most Cuisenaire rods follow
this system:
White rod = 1 cm.
Red rod = 2 cm.
Light green rod = 3 cm.
Lavender rod = 4 cm.
Yellow rod = 5 cm.
Dark green rod = 6 cm.
Black rod = 7 cm.
Brown rod = 8 cm.
Blue rod = 9 cm.
Orange rod = 10 cm.
WEIGHTING SCALE
A weighing scale (usually just “scales" in common usage; except in
Australian English where "scales" is more common) is a measuring
instrument for measuring the weight or mass of an object. They use
one of two techniques. A spring scale measures weight by the distance
a spring deflects under its load. A balance compares the unknown
weight to a standard weight using a horizontal lever. Weighing scales
are used in many industrial and commercial applications, and products
from feathers to loaded tractor-trailers are sold by weight. Specialized
medical scales and bathroom scales are used to measure the body
weight of human beings.
BALANCE
The balance (also balance scale, beam balance and laboratory
balance) was the first mass measuring instrument invented. In its
traditional form, it consists of a pivoted horizontal lever of equal length
arms, called the beam, with a weighing pan, also called scale (hence
the term "scales") scale pan, or bason (obsolete [1]) suspended from
each arm. The unknown mass is placed in one pan, and standard
masses are added to the other pan until the beam is as close to
equilibrium as possible. In precision balances, a slider weight is moved
along a graduated scale. The slider position gives a fine correction to
the weight value. Although a balance technically compares weights,
not masses, the weight of an object is proportional to its mass, and the
standard weights used with balances are usually labeled in mass units.
Balances are used for precision mass measurement, because unlike
spring scales their accuracy is not affected by differences in the local
gravity, which can vary by almost 0.5%[2] at different locations on
Earth. A change in the strength of the gravitational field caused by
moving the balance will not change the measured mass, because the
moments of force on either side of the balance beam are affected
equally.
ANALITICAL BALANCE
An analytical balance is an instrument that's used to measure mass
to a very high degree of precision. The weighing pan(s) of a high
precision (.01 mg or better) analytical balance are inside a transparent
enclosure with doors so dust does not collect and so any air currents in
the room do not affect the delicate balance. The use of a vented
balance safety enclosure that has uniquely designed acrylic airfoils
allows a smooth turbulence-free airflow that prevents balance
fluctuation and the weighing of mass down to 1μg without fluctuations
or loss of product. Also, the sample must be at room temperature to
prevent natural convection from forming air currents inside the
enclosure, affecting the weighing. Analytical precision is achieved by
maintaining a constant load on the balance beam, by subtracting mass
on the same side of the beam that the sample is added. The final
balance is achieved by using a small spring force rather than
subtracting fixed weights.
SPRING SCALE
In a typical spring scale, the spring stretches (as in a hanging scale in
the produce department of a grocery store) or compresses (as in a
simple bathroom scale) in proportion to how hard the Earth pulls down
on the object. Every spring has a proportionality constant that relates
how hard you pull it to how far it stretches. Some weighing scales such
as a Jolly balance (named after Philipp von Jolly who invented the
balance about 1874) use a spring with a known spring constant (see
Hooke's law) and measure the displacement of the spring by any
variety of mechanisms to produce an estimate of the gravitational
force applied by the object, which can be simply hung from the spring
or set on a pivot and bearing platform. Rack and pinion mechanisms
are often used to convert the linear spring motion to a dial reading.
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Variety of media resources
• A hypermedia (eg. Software) application can include more than one of
the following media: text, audio, graphic image (still picture),
animation and video clip.
• However it is not necessary that an application may have all the five
types of media.
• The characteristics of hypermedia application offer teachers
opportunities to enhance teaching and learning.
• However, these opportunities may not necessary be taken up by the
teachers.
• Therefore teachers need to know how to identify the characteristics of
the hypermedia applications, understand the advantages and
limitations of such applications, and organise activities to optimise the
advantages and address the limitations in order to enhance learning.
Software
• Helps teacher to organise and present lessons. But some can also
support teaching and learning like the Mathematical tools.
• 3 most common support tools:
• Word Processing SW (includes equation editor / Maths Type)
• Spreadsheet SW
• Database SW
Word Processing SW
• Supports task or teaching and learning activities which were previously
done by handwriting or typewriter
• Offers more because processing document is prepared on the screen
before being printed onto paper – so can correct errors, change
appearance (font, spacing, etc), store and reuse or copy required
sections, check spelling and grammar, etc.
• Prepare materials: handouts, notes, flyers, newsletters, forms, reports,
letters to parents or students, etc.
• During T&L activities: Prepare report or type out discussion outcomes,
record data, etc.
Spreadsheet Software (e.g. excel, lotus)
• To organise and manipulate data (especially numerical data)
• Each row-column position is called a cell.
• Cells can contain numerical values, words or character data and
formula or calculating commands.
• Time saving – calculations – faster than on calculator. Automatic
calculation feature – easy to update products such as budgets, grades,
etc.
• Creates charts easily.
• Answers “what if” questions – useful for grading.
• Motivation: makes working with numbers more fun
Use
• Keep scores and grades of assessments
• Analyse scores and grades
• Keep attendance record
• Budget
• Demonstrations: example relationship between numbers and
percentages.
• Produce charts and graphs.
• Support for problem solving: e.g. logical thinking, develop
organizational skills.
• Storing and analyzing data – descriptive statistical analyses (mean,
median, etc.) (Today – ANOVA, etc.) .
Databases (e.g. MS Access)
• Store, organise and manipulate information.
• Compare to a file cabinet.
• Main purpose – to store information in a way that makes it easy to
locate
Use
• Inventory and locating instructional resources.
• Use information on students to plan instruction and enhance
motivation (e.g. birthday search) and provide information on students,
etc.
• Send personalized letters: use mail merge- merge data base fields with
letter created using a word processing document.
• To store and retrieve data – during lessons (e.g. on statistics).
Presentation Tools (e.g. Power Point)
• Helps user create on-screen descriptions, demonstrations and
summaries of information.
• Usually used in conjunction with projection tools such as LCDs
Graphic Tools
• Tools to produce graphics (pictures, shapes, illustrations, etc)
• Print graphic tools: e.g. Print Shop: All graphics – selected from menu –
making it very easy to use.
• Draw/paint Programs: Used to produce more complex graphics and can
be imported into desktop publishing systems or presentation tools.
• Clip Art Packages: Ready made pictures and graphic designs – in file or
disk.
• Video making software: Movie maker, Quicktime, etc. – enables users
to create own movies and play them.
• Video collections (and sound collections-support graphics with sound
effects) – ready made video clips (or audio clips) that may be used.
What is INTERNET ?
• The Internet is also called the NET.
• The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of
businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and
individuals.
• Computers connected to the Internet work together to transfer data
and information around the world using servers and clients.
On the Internet, your computer is a client that can access data,
information and services on a variety of servers.
What is WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) ?
• World Wide Web (www) or WEB consists of a worldwide collection of
electronic documents.
• Each electronic document on the Web is called a WEB PAGE , which can
contain text, graphics, audio and video.
• A WEB SITE is a collection of related Web pages and associated items,
such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web server.
• A WEB SERVER is a computer that delivers requested web pages to
your computer.
What is WEB BROWSER ?
• A web browser or browser is application software that allows users to
access and view web pages.
• To browse the web, you need a computer that is connected to the
Internet and that has a web browser.
• The more widely used web browsers for personal computers are
Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera and Safari.
• DOWNLOADING is the process of a computer receiving information,
such as a web page from a server on the Internet.
What is SEARCH ENGINE ?
• A search engine is a program that finds web sites and web pages.
Some of the widely used search engines are yahoo,google
What is E-MAIL ?
• E-mail or electronic mail is the transmission of messages and files via a
computer network.
• Today e-mail is a primary communications method for both personal
and business use.
• You use an e-mail program to create, send, receive, forward, store,
print and delete e-mail messages.
• Outlook and Outlook Express are two popular e-mail programs.
What is ONLINE CHAT ?
• A chat is a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a
computer. Real time means that you and the people with whom you
are conversing are online at the same time.
A chat room is a location on an Internet server that permits users to
chat with each other. Anyone in the chat room can participate in the
conversation, which usually is specific to a particular topic.
What is BLOG ?
• A blog, short for Weblog, is an informal web site consisting of time-
stamped articles or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in
reverse chronological order.
• Blog reflect the interests, opinions and personalities of the author,
called the blogger, and sometimes site visitors.
• Blogs at school provide a means for teachers to collaborate with other
teachers and students.
What is VIDEO CONFERENCING ?
• A video conferencing is a meeting between two or more geographically
separated people who use a network or the Internet to transmit audio
and video data.
• To participate in a video conference, you need a video conferencing
software along with a microphone, speakers and a video camera
attached to a computer.
• An interactive whiteboard provides multiple users with an area on
which they can write or draw.
What is DISTANCE LEARNING ?
• Distance learning is the delivery of education at one location while the
learning takes place at other locations.
• Distance learning courses provide time, distance and place advantages
for students who live far from a college campus or work full time.
These courses enable students to attend classes from anywhere in the
world and at times that fit their schedules.
Maths Lab: Objective
To enable teachers and students to conveniently carry out practical
mathematical activities effectively to nurture interest in mathematics.
To provide a centre to enhance professional development of
mathematics teachers in the school.
To provide a centre to obtain and disseminate information on
mathematics and mathematics education.
Mathematics Equipments
Maths Tools and Materials can be classifies as generic Mathematics
equipments.
Maths Teaching and Learning Aids are Mathematics equipments that
can be classified according the main areas in the Malaysian
mathematics curriculum.
Generic Mathematics Equipments
Equipments which serve general purposes not specific to a particular
learning area may be classified as generic equipments.
Examples: Scissors, Pencil, A4 paper, etc.
(Ask students to brainstorm and make a list of generic equipments).
Teaching and Learning Aids
Can be classified according to the Main Areas in the current curriculum
as follows:
Numbers
Measurements
Shape and Space
Statistics
Note however, that some T&L aids can be used in more than one
learning area
T&L Aids
The main areas can be further subdivided into topics as follows:
Numbers: Whole numbers, decimals, fractions, money, percentages,
etc.
Measures: Time, Length, Mass, Volume of Liquid.
Shape and Space: 2D and 3D shapes, Perimeter and area, etc.
Statistics: Average and data handling, etc.
ICT Hardware and Software
Appropriate input, output and storage devices for ICT must be
available in the lab.
Suitable application software: Generic software: word processor,
spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing, etc. Specific to
mathematics: GSP, Derive, Cabrie, etc.
Courseware: Tutorials, drill and practice, simulations, games and
puzzles, Problem solving.
Maths Laboratory Plan and Layout
A store room is essential for storing large or rarely used equipments,
materials and aids.
Printed materials and equipments for daily use may be kept in the
cupboards with glass slides to enable easy viewing.
Trolleys for placing used equipments is important so that the
equipments can either be reused or checked before storing.
Different types of boards should be available in the maths room or
software that can produce virtual boards for various uses should be
available.
The cupboards with glass slides may also be used for displaying 3-D
objects and students work.
Notice boards for information on mathematics, activities, lab usage
time-table, etc.
Log book to record the use of the lab and comments about the lab
should be kept where it is easily accessible but safe.
A first aid kit must be available in the lab.
Lab rules must be displayed outside and inside the lab. All students
must have a copy of the lab rules.
Printed Materials
The maths lab must be equipped with all school textbooks and other
region mathematics text books, syllabi, curriculum specification for all
standards, reference books, magazines, journals and other printed
materials on mathematics and mathematics education.
Maths Corner
A mathematics corner is a space for exhibiting items related to
mathematics for the targeted group to view or try out hands-on.
Hence a MC can be a notice board or table in a classroom or in the
corridor of a school, a media house in the middle of campus, etc. which
displays the item concerned.
Today certain websites name themselves as maths corners and either
provide information on mathematics or provide a site for discussion or
for games and puzzles, etc.
The MC we are referring to in this unit are the non-virtual corners.
MC may be used as information centres or exhibition centres or hands-
on and minds-on activity centres or a combination of all.
Information Centre
Current literature on mathematics content and pedagogy
Current trends and issues in mathematics pedagogy or research
findings.
Impact of ICT on maths education
Information on curricular and co-curricular activities.
Information Centre
Journals
Books
Magazines
Catalogues
Exhibition Centre
Students work.
Models: e.g. solids, mathematical equipments or instruments, etc.
Charts: e.g. formulae, step by step guide of an algorithm, etc.
Hands-on and Minds-on Activity Centre
Manipulative items or materials that help to explore a maths concept.
Activity sheets
Courseware for students to use during lessons after completing their
work or during their free time.
MATHS GARDEN
An area created outdoors with learning stations.
Each learning station has an activity or a set of activities with specific
objectives.
A normal garden provides for informal learning, but a maths garden
provides for non-formal learning.
It a form of non-formal learning because it is an organized educational
activity outside the formal system intended to serve identifiable
learning objectives.
The MG provides an outdoor arena for students’ to explore and apply
mathematics concepts and skills.
The MG is aimed at drawing students’ interest to learn mathematics.
Objectives
To reduce boredom and fear of learning mathematics.
To instil interest in students to learn mathematics
To provide opportunity for exploring and applying mathematics
outdoors.
To show the use of mathematics in the real world.
Constructing a MG
Decide on an area in your school that is conducive to construct a MG.
Decide on the number of learning stations.
Decide on the activities at each learning station.
Draw a plan.
Prepare a budget and working paper.
Obtain the budget and construct it.
Operating the MG
Prepare the activity sheets or booklet for each learning station
activities.
Ensure that the activities are in the form of a game, followed by
discussion and conclusion.
Decide how long each activity will take.
Divide students into groups and give relevant instructions such as the
length of time at each station, the activity sheets that have to be
completed, etc.
Plan their route through the station so that all stations have an
appropriate number of students to carry out the activities conducively.
Management of Resources
Inventory and Records
In the Malaysian context there are 3 categories of resources:
Assets: referring to items costing RM 500 or more. This category does
not include furniture and fittings even if they cost more than RM500.
Inventory (Inventori): All items costing less than RM500. However, all
furniture and fittings come under this category, even if they cost more
than RM500.
Office Supplies’ Stock (Stok Bekalan Pejabat): All consumable items
and it includes writing tools and other non-consumable items of very
low value which are uneconomical to be itemised individually.
Records
All 3 categories have specific forms to record the acquisition, use,
storage and disposal of items. The forms are:
Assets:Daftar Harta Modal (KEW 312, 312A)
Inventory: Daftar Inventori (KEW 313)
Office Supplies’ Stock: Daftar Stok Bekalan Pejabat (KEW 314)
Transfer: Daftar Pergerakan Harta Modal dan Inventori (KEW 315)
Borrowing/Sharing
Resources may be borrowed from other departments (e.g. beakers and
measuring cylinders from the science labs) or resource centres ( other
schools, the teacher’s activity centres (PKG: Pusat Kegiatan Guru) or
the state resource centre (BTPN: Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan
Negeri)).
You may keep your own record of borrowing and make sure it is
returned on time but the forms described earlier will be kept by the
owners of the items.
Disposal of Resources
Depending on the value of the asset or inventory, disposal requires
following government procedures.
When an item is beyond repair or outdated then approval according to
government procedures must be followed to dispose of it.
Like wise for items that are damaged by fire or lost. However,
damaged by fire or lost items must have a polis report as prove that
the damage or loss has been investigated and this report must
accompany the documents for disposal of the item.
Forms of Disposal
Burying the item with written permission from appropriate agents
(Environmental department, etc.)
Selling it – only to contractors registered with the Finance Ministry and
the money from the sales must be credited into the school account. If
the registered contactors are not interested then it can be sold to
others.
Donating it to other institutions, etc. also with written permission.
Storage : Location
Storage of Maths resources may be in several places:
Maths lab
Staff room
Maths Store Room
School Resource centre
Appropriate documents (KEW 312, 313 and 314) should be kept in the
main store or school office and a copy at the respective locations.
The items must be labelled clearly and must be easily accessible to the
Maths teachers.
The location must ensure that the items will be safe from damaged and
theft.
If a special store room is used to keep the Maths resources, then there
must be suitable shelves, cupboards, cabinets, racks, drawers, etc.
Storage space must be clearly labelled and coded.
Coding system should enable quick location of item in the store.
Maintenance of Assets
Maintenance of assets begins with the proper and correct way to
operate the asset as stated in the users manual
Have periodic servicing as stated in the manual or as deemed suitable.
Most assets today enable the user to service the item on their own.
However, when a problem persists, maintenance personnel from the
supplier should be called or the asset should be sent to the dealers
who provide maintenance services.
All services and repairs must be recorded. Action for maintenance must
be taken immediately as delay could result in further deterioration in
the condition of the item and the item may become unsafe for use.
Then a major expensive repair may be required or the item may
become an item beyond repair and hence has to be written off.
Planning
To ensure that the money obtained is used optimally, a plan must be
made.
Planning will
enable essential items to be bought
prevent over purchase or shortage of items
enable to identify items that can be improvised or substituted
Ensure money is put aside for maintenance, repairs and unforeseen
expenses.
Budgeting
Budgeting is a process that involves systematic planning of
expenditure based on income.
Needs careful and serious considerations so that the allotted money is
utilized to achieve maximum benefits.
How to Budget?
Know how much money will be allocated for the coming year for
mathematics – Know the grant for mathematics – based on the
following years projected enrolment.
Check all stocks to ascertain the quantity of stock available for every
consumable item.
List quantity of each consumable item that has to be purchased.
List all items that require maintenance.
List all items that require repair.
List items that require to be replaced.
List items that have to be upgraded.
List new items that have to be purchased.
List new items that could be purchased.
Use quotations and earlier years prices to estimate the cost for items
based on criteria that enables to prioritise items such as urgency and
safety.