Essays About Mathematics

Mathematics gives us way to understand patterns, to quantify relationship and predict the future. Math helps us understand the world and we use the world to understand math. It can also predict profits, how ideas spread and how previously endangered animals might repopulate. According to Peter Lil jedahl, many argue that patterns are the cornerstone…

Doing mathematics means that the students are engaged in learning mathematics through reasoning, mental capacities and problem- solving. Doing mathematics begins with posing worthwhile tasks and then creating an environment where students take risks, share, and defend mathematical ideas. Students in traditional mathematics classes often describe mathematics as imitating what the teacher shows them. Instructions…

Mathematics is seen as the remit of ‘mad scientists’, ‘nerdy’ boys and the socially inept (Epstein et al, 2010). It is spoken about as though it is a genetic gift possessed only by a rare few and inaccessible to the general public. Believing that mathematics does not matter or writing yourself off as ‘no good…

Many people perceive mathematics as boring and all about numbers, letters, and equations. But Mathematics plays a very vital role in everyday life. It is found everywhere in life and work. There are many applications of math in the society. But before appreciating those applications and use of mathematics we should go to school and…

One of the most important subjects in our human life is mathematics because nothing is possible in the world without the knowledge of mathematics (Acharya, 2017, p. 8). Integers are a part of the mathematics curriculum which is considered to be a very important part of middle school as it symbolizes a move from concrete…

Mathematics is a potent tool in physics describing everything from shapes of planetary orbits to the properties of atoms. Methods used to predict the existence of the planet Neptune, radio waves, and the Higgs Boson. The most extreme possibility is that our universe is completely magical, in the sense that it has known properties that…

Definition of Terms Manipulatives According to Moyer (2001) explained that mathematics manipulatives are physical objects that represented concretely materials in mathematics ideas which is abstract. Manipulatives can be form in variety shape and they are used as teaching tools in order to engage students in the hands in learning of mathematics. Teaching The meaning of…

Mathematics has been a major subject in an educational system. Back to kindergarten till today, Math has been taught to us. As time goes by and mathematics become more complex to humans, there are thoughts that tickle the minds of people of what purpose mathematics do in our lives. According to Chinn (2012), makes some…

The study entitled “Transformative Professional Development for Mathematics Teachers” talked about issues regarding with the difficulty of teachers and students on handling mathematics as a tool for learning, and Philippines being one of the few countries who need to improve its mathematics system of education. As I have read the study, I learned that there…

Mathematics has always been a part of our daily living. Even though everyone learns mathematics at school, However, it is difficult to explain what mathematics is. Numbers, graphs, shapes are all part of it. Those are only a small part compared to the whole and a general idea of mathematics. The only way to understand…