Week 7: Comparing Models of Teaching: Deductive-Analytic and Inductive-Synthetic & Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning applied to Mathematics

The creation and use of mathematical models can help students develop new concepts or relationships and make connections between symbols and concepts. Because different models show different aspects of the concept, the use of various models shows students various representations of the same concept, allowing them to make deeper connections. For example, numbers can be represented as objects, set patterns, segments on a line or scale and points on a dial. Through modelling a mathematical concept, students can express how they understand the mathematical concept or relationship.