MAE101J - Numbers and Operations in Intermediate and Senior Phase

Purpose: To enable students to develop good insight into the nature of number and number systems in these two phases. They will know the history and historical development of numbers and number systems and how we arrived at what we have today. The learners will know how young children learn number and the accompanying operations, what the nature of problems is in the realgebra phase and how to fill the gap between arithmetic and algebra. The module will enable the students to understand and teach the problematic area of fractions to the young learners in a meaningful way. This will be done in a problem-centred way which will enhance the quality of mathematical thinking of the young learners.