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CPA Approach
CPA Approach
In Northland Primary School, we foster the joy in learning Mathematics. Students are taught using the CPA (Concrete-Pictorial- Abstract) approach.
Concrete Stage
Students will begin their lesson by engaging themselves with concrete materials and manipulatives to help them make sense of the concept that they are learning.
Pictorial Stage
Visual representations of the concrete manipulatives are then introduced to help students visualize the mathematical concepts. This stage encourages children to make a mental connection between the physical object they just handled and the abstract pictures, diagrams or models that represent the objects from the problem.
Abstract Stage
Students will begin using abstract symbols to model problems. They will not progress to this stage until they have demonstrated that they have a solid understanding of the concrete and pictorial stages of the problem. This stage involves the teacher introducing abstract concepts (for example, mathematical symbols for example, +, –, x) to indicate addition, subtraction or multiplication.
CPA Approach In Class
CPA Approach In Class
The students are able to make a mental connection between the concrete manipulatives they just handled and the abstract equations.
Students are given shapes cut-outs and they grouped them by colour , shape and size.
Students are exploring with multi-link cubes and match it against the number word and numeral cards.
Students go around the class to measure the length of objects around them.
BEST Problem Solving Approach
BEST Problem Solving Approach
Problem Solving Routine
Problem Solving Routine
We use BEST as a problem solving routine to solve word problems in class.
This routine encourages students to slow down and think while solving a word problem.
This problem solving routine is effective when students apply it every time they solve a word problem.
Underlining and circling the values and important words is one of the steps in the BEST approach.
Underlining and circling the values and important words is one of the steps in the BEST approach.
Read to understand the word problem before solving helps students make sense of the question.
Read to understand the word problem before solving helps students make sense of the question.
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