Continuation of Mathematics
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas
The limit of our school year will soon be reached. The time has come to do an evaluation of the material we have reviewed with our students throughout the year. This evaluation will allow students to know how their understanding of what they have learned measures in accuracy and competency. The same evaluation will also allow educators to know how the material they have presented for their students to learn has been understood with both accuracy and competency. It is important for teachers and students to do a thorough evaluation of the learning that has taken place before the limit of the school year is reached.
Mathematics
Having established a number system, having studied this number system, and having observed the patterns that emerge as numbers in this system are studied, will help us to establish a solid foundation upon which to build our study of mathematics. With a solid foundation having been established, we can then continue on to the further development of mathematics. We can begin to apply numeric concepts to help us study and understand from simple to complex systems.
Continuation of Mathematics
The introduction of students to mathematics is covered in three areas: Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry. These three areas are the first building blocks that students should master when they begin to study mathematics. Students who have demonstrated understanding and can show competency in these three areas should be encouraged to continue their study of mathematics by learning subjects such as Trigonometry, Analysis, Statistics, and Calculus.
Mathematics has the characteristic of reaching across many areas of instruction, fields of study, professional careers, and it is internationally know. The study of mathematics provides students the skills and abilities to organize their thoughts so they may solve problems that can challenge our lives. As students are introduced to mathematics, they should also be encouraged to continue the study of this universal, cultural, cross-curricular, multifaceted area of their educational development.
From early on in their educational lives, we as educators should establish an interest in our students to study mathematics. Our students should be encouraged to continually develop and expand their understanding of the subject areas which make up the subject matter contained in mathematics. From learning to count with our fingers, to using our fingers for the design and development of tools and machinery, from adding and subtracting to differentiating and approximating, from basic skills to complex interactions, mathematics will forever remain as one of the fundamental areas in our education.
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