alleryWhat to do with a child's own number ideas?
ABuild on them as a starting base
BIgnore them and use rules only
CReplace them with formal rules
DMark them as plain errors
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Build on them as a starting base
1. The paper says children arrive with intuitive and cultural ideas about number, to be used for linkages rather than treating the child as a tabula rasa.
2. Ignoring or erasing them wastes this base.
3. Treating them as errors would also push the child away.
_Source: NCERT National Focus Group Position Paper on Teaching of Mathematics, 6.1.2 Number and number operations_
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