RDF2601
Portfolio 2025
Resource Development in Foundation Phase
ASSESSMENT 3 MANDATORY SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: 100 MARKS
(80% WEIGHTING)
N.B PARAPHRASE YOUR WORK TO AVOID PLAGARISM (CHANGE WORDS)
QUESTION 1
1.1 Critique of Natural Materials in Teaching Mathematical Concepts (10)
Advantages:
Practical method: rather than give learners abstract notions of
mathematical concepts, the material and visual aspect of engaging with
nature (stones, leaves, sticks, shells, seeds) can allow the learners to
form concrete ideas of what the associated mathematical concepts equate
to.
Cheap and available: They are free of cost within the learners
environment thereby eliminating the expendable teaching materials.
Portfolio 2025
Resource Development in Foundation Phase
ASSESSMENT 3 MANDATORY SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: 100 MARKS
(80% WEIGHTING)
N.B PARAPHRASE YOUR WORK TO AVOID PLAGARISM (CHANGE WORDS)
QUESTION 1
1.1 Critique of Natural Materials in Teaching Mathematical Concepts (10)
Advantages:
Practical method: rather than give learners abstract notions of
mathematical concepts, the material and visual aspect of engaging with
nature (stones, leaves, sticks, shells, seeds) can allow the learners to
form concrete ideas of what the associated mathematical concepts equate
to.
Cheap and available: They are free of cost within the learners
environment thereby eliminating the expendable teaching materials.
