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Which is a core problem of school mathematics?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do weak decimals hurt later algebra?Read the answer and worked solution →A second cause of fear of mathematics is what?Read the answer and worked solution →'Math phobia' describes what?Read the answer and worked solution →Belief that girls cannot do maths creates what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does school maths language alienate children?Read the answer and worked solution →Stressing formulas over understanding does what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does the syllabus disappoint talented pupils?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the curriculum offer the silent majority?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is concept learning replaced by memory?Read the answer and worked solution →What do students believe about maths answers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which area of mathematics schooling has changed little over a hundred years?Read the answer and worked solution →How does a Class VII exam compare with Class X?Read the answer and worked solution →Untrained primary teachers usually do what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do some secondary teachers use market guides?Read the answer and worked solution →Primary teaching rarely resonates with what?Read the answer and worked solution →Upper primary teachers struggle to link what?Read the answer and worked solution →What does textbook-centred pedagogy do to a teacher's own mathematical activity?Read the answer and worked solution →Compartmentalisation of teachers means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Moving calculus into the school curriculum is an example of which systemic problem?Read the answer and worked solution →Curricular acceleration made the shape of mathematics education what?Read the answer and worked solution →How is mathematics seen in terms of gender?Read the answer and worked solution →Studies cited say teachers attribute boys' maths success to ability and girls' success to what?Read the answer and worked solution →The shift to higher goals is best summarised as a shift from content to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which process is neglected in school maths?Read the answer and worked solution →A fraction as p/q and as a point on the number line shows the value of what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is wrong with how equations are taught?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of problem lets children use multiple approaches rather than one correct answer?Read the answer and worked solution →A calculator used to take repeated square roots of a large number shows the sequence heading toward what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which low-cost tools lie at the simple end of the technology spectrum?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which is a core problem of school mathematics?

  1. Too little formula drill
  2. Too much open-ended play
  3. Fear and failure among children
  4. Too many trained teachers
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Correct answer: C. Fear and failure among children

1. The position paper groups its worries into four core problems, and the first is fear and failure among a majority of children. 2. Open-ended play and heavy training are not complaints it makes; it actually asks for more such richness and support. 3. Memorisation is the issue it criticises, not something lacking. _Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Mathematics, 4. PROBLEMS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING_

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Why do weak decimals hurt later algebra?

  1. Both use the very same symbols
  2. Each idea builds on earlier ones
  3. Teachers test them together
  4. Algebra comes before decimals
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Correct answer: B. Each idea builds on earlier ones

1. The paper calls the cumulative nature of mathematics a central cause of fear. 2. Percentages need decimals, and algebra needs both, so a weak base spreads upward. 3. Same symbols, same test day or a reversed order of teaching are not the reasons given. _Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Mathematics, 4.1 Fear and Failure_

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A second cause of fear of mathematics is what?

  1. Lack of any examinations
  2. Too many field trips
  3. Absence of a teacher
  4. Dominance of symbolic language
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Correct answer: D. Dominance of symbolic language

1. The paper names the predominance of symbolic language as the other principal reason for fear. 2. When symbols are manipulated without understanding, boredom and bewilderment follow. 3. Examinations are a pressure source, but their absence or field trips are not what it blames. _Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Mathematics, 4.1 Fear and Failure_

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