Representations in Maths
Children often struggle to understand mathematical ideas if they move towards the “abstract” too quickly, and we rightly use different representations to make things easier for them to understand. But if we’re not careful these representations limit children to little more than a procedural fluency; to drive real mastery we need to make sure we vary the representations - and encourage children to do the same with their own.
- Why representations are so important for mastery in mathematics
- How representations can be used to prompt mathematical reasoning
- How we can move these ideas beyond maths and into other subjects
