I believe that mathematics is not as abstract as other people's views.
I always remind my students that mathematics is not just floating around, there is always an application.
I was taking a selfie with my student then I asked, what did we just do?
All together they answered, "Selfie". Ok good, your answer is correct.
Would you be satisfied with that answer because it's true? Of course not, you have to dig further.
What I did earlier was sort of brain storming and then I started writing material that day.
Starting from the date of the day, the time and the title of the lesson "Transformations".
We know that there are several types of transformations:
- Translation
- Reflection
- Rotation
- Dilation
At that time the next question, anyone brought a mirror? It is certain that women will say yes, please take it out
When removed all told to touch the ear. The students were surprised, after taking selfies, they took out the mirror.
When they finish the translation, they will understand because now we will discuss "reflection". Suddenly they screamed
"So, the selfie was Mr. like a reflection on the y-axis, huh...and the mirror can also be reflection about y-axis and x-axis depending on the position of the mirror". Exactly like that, kids. You are right.
Well, it doesn't need to be long, you can already understand the meaning of all the opening activities. Good job!
In conclusion, make the lesson fun show them the application of the mathematics to make them believe that mathematics is a great tool for engineers to make something happen.
I've discussed the same technique with elementary school students before when they were told to do activities with buckets and bottles.
Now it is proven that Mathematics is not a dream.
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