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SINGAPORE – When a child struggles with a maths problem, parents often step in to solve it and then explain the solution.
While common during PSLE revision, this approach is unlikely to help the child and may even set him or her back.
“If a child is kind of struggling to understand a problem, explaining will probably not be the best technique,” said Dr Yeap Ban Har, a mathematics expert who frequently conducts workshops on Singapore’s approach to maths for teachers overseas.
He suggests that parents adopt the “scaffolding method”, which involves asking questions to help the child work out each step.
Scaffolding is a common strategy used in schools and parents who are not school teachers may not be aware of it, said the textbook author and former National Institute of Education lecturer.
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