State Standards and Curriculum determines what, when and how children will learn the mathematical concepts that is typically developmentally appropriate for them. It is a rather saddening issue because look at the number of tuition classes students in our local schools have to go through every week. They have remedial lessons, supplementary classes and tuition classes that almost generally drill them in mathematics. The only within the control of a teacher is the way in which he/she carries out the lesson and the methods of learning to make the lesson perhaps more interesting and engaging for the kids. That said, it is still not likely for them to spend more time in engaging students in fun activities during curriculum times because there is limited periods of lessons allocated for each academic subject...
I really wonder, do we want to just train kids in solving the problems correctly the way we want them to, or nurture them to be thinkers and engage them in thought-processes and discover learning for themselves?
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