Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School recently published an article title Calculus in the Middle School?. The main idea of the article is to express to students in the middle school that they can in fact further their understanding of higher education math. Students who have a background in the content area and information pertaining to calculus are found to be more eager and willing to go further in mathematics. The authors of the article also state that there needs to be a change in the way that calculus is perceived among young students. Introducing topics that can be related to higher level math could get the students ready to dive into harder and more advanced math later in their education careers.
This information would be very helpful to me since I want to teach students in late elementary. I could help the students get ready for what they are going to encounter in both the middle school and high school. Getting students eager and excited to learn about higher levels of mathematics could help them in the long run as they travel through their educational endeavors. The article has some good ideas in it, but overall didn’t really jump out at me. I am more so a social studies guy, but the information and ideas expressed are things that I can see myself making use of in the future when teaching.
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