{"id":1039,"date":"2024-02-06T04:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2024-02-06T04:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:38:22","slug":"misconceptions-in-maths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/2024\/02\/06\/misconceptions-in-maths\/","title":{"rendered":"Misconceptions in Maths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; TEACHERS AND\/OR STUDENTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 1:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That maths is &#8216;Tricky&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 2:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That there&#8217;s only one way to do subtraction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 3:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> That zero is worth nothing (money)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 4:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> That 347 is odd and even<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 5:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That three 4s is 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 6:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That maths is maths and literacy is literacy (key words\/everyday connections\/everything in your room)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 7:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> That 7 into 4 (45) doesn&#8217;t go<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 8:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That tables are the most important thing in maths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 9:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>that fraction\/decimals\/percentages are hard and should be taught separately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 10:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That 9999 + 1 is a million (addonemore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 11:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That I\/3 is smaller than 1\/5 (metre ruler\/netball court)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 12:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That 0.5 is the same as 0.05 (money\/metre ruler)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 13:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That numbers are scary and the &#8216;boss of me&#8217; (brackets)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 14:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Algebra is so abstract and hard to understand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 15:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That you must always have a focus group (open-ended activities and problems)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 16:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That area is the same as perimeter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 17:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That Friday is problem solving day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 18:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That it&#8217;s enough to say 2D and 3D and not know what it means<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 19:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That volume and capacity are hard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Misconception 20:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That maths is not as important as Literacy and it&#8217;s okay to not be good at<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>maths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; TEACHERS AND\/OR STUDENTS Misconception 1: Misconception 2: Misconception 3: Misconception 4: Misconception 5: Misconception 6: Misconception 7: Misconception 8: Misconception 9: Misconception 10: Misconception 11: Misconception 12: Misconception 13: Misconception 14: Misconception 15: Misconception 16: Misconception 17: Misconception 18: Misconception 19: Misconception 20: maths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robvingerhoets.com.au\/maths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}