According to Jean Piaget’s theory

Some students of your class are repeatedly not able to do well in Mathematics examinations and tests. As a teacher you would

Misconceptions are incorrect understanding of mathematical concepts. How can a teacher help her students with their misconceptions?

When children were asked to compare fractions, a student compared only the numerators and considered the one having larger numerator as the larger fraction. This suggests that the child:

A good strategy to help students with their misconceptions can be

A common error that we often encounter when children are asked to add two fractions is: they add the numerator with the numerator and denominator with the denominator. What could be a possible reason for such a misconception?

One of the major reasons for errors in mathematics is due to

Compare the following problems

(A) If 3 US Dollars is equal to 180 Indian rupees then how many Indian rupees are equal to 21 US Dollars?

(B) Pankaj and Sushil are running equally fast on a circular track. Pankaj started first and when he had run 9 laps, Sushil had run 3. By the time Sushil had run 15 laps, how many laps had Pankaj completed?

When a grade III teacher asked her students to describe an angle, a student described it as : ‘a place where two lines meet’ This student:

While teaching about angles, a teacher extended one of its sides (figure below). Her aim was to make children realize that :