Learning the basic concept of multiplication
October 15, 2019
In connection with the K–12 basic education curriculum promoting spiral
progression, which focuses on the teaching of basic then complex content, I stand
to agree that it supports the statement that for every learner learning a new
concept, it is useful to teach using their previous knowledge and by teaching them
starting from the basic context until they can be able to learn complex content.
That’s why learning multiplication in grade 2 involves addition that is present in grade
1.
The transition from learning subtraction and addition to learning
multiplication is one of the most difficult tasks for the students at school. That’s
why, as a future educator, we must relate multiplication to addition to avoid
memorization of the corresponding answer but to know how to find the answer and
to give the implication that multiplication involves grouping form. Students typically
struggle to memorize multiplication facts on the first try, and this can lead to a fear
of the multiplication table. That’s why the simplest way to begin teaching
multiplication is to anchor the concept in terms of its relation to addition, which is
an operation your students should already be comfortable with. In relation to this
Multiplication basic concept, it is about adding equal groups together using repeated
October 15, 2019
In connection with the K–12 basic education curriculum promoting spiral
progression, which focuses on the teaching of basic then complex content, I stand
to agree that it supports the statement that for every learner learning a new
concept, it is useful to teach using their previous knowledge and by teaching them
starting from the basic context until they can be able to learn complex content.
That’s why learning multiplication in grade 2 involves addition that is present in grade
1.
The transition from learning subtraction and addition to learning
multiplication is one of the most difficult tasks for the students at school. That’s
why, as a future educator, we must relate multiplication to addition to avoid
memorization of the corresponding answer but to know how to find the answer and
to give the implication that multiplication involves grouping form. Students typically
struggle to memorize multiplication facts on the first try, and this can lead to a fear
of the multiplication table. That’s why the simplest way to begin teaching
multiplication is to anchor the concept in terms of its relation to addition, which is
an operation your students should already be comfortable with. In relation to this
Multiplication basic concept, it is about adding equal groups together using repeated
