How To Teach Mathematical Word Problems In Primary And Secondary Schools In Kenya

Abstract

The process of learning mathematics is one of evolution.  No topic is ever finally exhausted.  As one’s experience one continually discovers thrilling new levels at which an idea can be investigated.  Ultimately, the challenge at having to teach a topic to someone else reveals a further hierarchy of unsuspected subtleties in the concept every time it is presented.  It is important to avoid teaching anything that will appear contradicting later.  What you say may need further amplification and expansion, hidden assumptions may need to be exposed and examined.  The more mature student may demand a more elaborate or precise enunciation.