Slide Procedural fluency is a critical component of mathematical proficiency. When developing procedural fluency, students need to have a deep and flexible knowledge of a variety of procedures, along with the ability to judge which procedures or strategies are appropriate for use in particular situations. The end goal is that students are able to use appropriate mathematical procedures fluently, to apply their understanding to real world problems. Slide What is procedural fluency? NCTM defines it as the ability to apply procedures accurately, efficiently, and flexibly. Procedural fluency and conceptual understanding often compete for attention in the classroom, however the two strands are interwoven. When students practice procedures they don’t a danger they will practice understand, there’s incorrect procedures, resulting in them failing to produce a correct answer to a problem. Students who learn procedures without understanding typically do no more than apply the learned methods, whereas students who learn with understanding, can modify or adapt procedures to make them easier to use. Students, therefore, need well-timed skills practice to support their development of the other strands. Slide Strategic Competence move on to the third strand Strategic Let’s now – Competence … Slide Strategic Competence refers to the ability to formulate mathematical problems represent and solve them. This process involves taking a situation and turning it into a solvable problem that can be represented by a mathematical model, employing mathematical skills to produce a solution, and then interpreting and evaluating the solution in the context of the problem.
Procedural fluency is a critical component of mathematical proficiency. When developing procedural fluency, students need to have a deep and flexible knowledge of a variety of procedures, along with the ability to judge which procedures or strategies are appropriate for use in particular situations. The end goal is that students are able to use appropriate mathematical procedures fluently, to apply their understanding to real world problems. Slide What is procedural fluency? NCTM defines it as the ability to apply procedures accurately, efficiently, and flexibly. Procedural fluency and conceptual understanding often compete for attention in the classroom, however the two strands are interwoven. When students practice procedures they don’t understand, there’s a danger they will practice incorrect procedures, resulting in them failing to produce a correct answer to a problem. Students who learn procedures without understanding typically do no more than apply the learned methods, whereas students who learn with understanding, can modify or adapt procedures to make them easier to use. Students, therefore, need well-timed skills practice to support their development of the other strands. Slide Strategic Competence Let’s now move on to the third strand – Strategic Competence … Slide Strategic Competence refers to the ability to formulate mathematical problems represent and solve them. This process involves taking a situation and turning it into a solvable problem that can be represented by a mathematical model, employing mathematical skills to produce a solution, and then interpreting and evaluating the solution in the context of the problem. Slide
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