Solving mathematical problems.
Challenges in applying reasoning and strategies to tackle unfamiliar or multi-step problems, often due to gaps in understanding or planning skills.
Ensure pre-requisite mathematical skills are secure. This helps the learner access new problems with confidence and accuracy.
Check whether reading is a barrier and adapt tasks accordingly. This ensures the learner can focus on the maths without being held back by literacy challenges.
Explicitly teach key mathematical skills and model problem-solving processes (e.g., worked examples, reading questions, underlining key points, solving, checking). This guides the learner through each step and builds independence.
Make clear links to previous learning. This helps the learner connect new ideas to what they already know.
Use concrete manipulatives and visual representations. This supports understanding by making abstract concepts tangible.
Use metacognitive strategies like thinking aloud and checking for mistakes. This teaches the learner how to reflect on their thinking and self-correct.
Ensure pre-requisite mathematical skills are secure. This helps the learner access new problems with confidence and accuracy.
Check whether reading is a barrier and adapt tasks accordingly. This ensures the learner can focus on the maths without being held back by literacy challenges.
Explicitly teach key mathematical skills and model problem-solving processes (e.g., worked examples, reading questions, underlining key points, solving, checking). This guides the learner through each step and builds independence.
Make clear links to previous learning. This helps the learner connect new ideas to what they already know.
Use concrete manipulatives and visual representations. This supports understanding by making abstract concepts tangible.
Use metacognitive strategies like thinking aloud and checking for mistakes. This teaches the learner how to reflect on their thinking and self-correct.
Provide opportunities to apply maths in real-life contexts (e.g., shopping, telling time, journey planning, budgeting). This makes learning meaningful and helps the learner see the value of maths in everyday life.