So what is mathematical thinking? Mathematical thinking is actually what people usually call number sense. Simply put, it is the ability to study and solve problems from a mathematical perspective. It is a study of patterns, and this process of patterning has practical significance and is helpful to solve practical problems.
Mathematical thinking is to guide children to make specific mathematical thoughts according to mathematical materials and form mathematical operations. Through step-by-step training, children are familiar with mathematical concepts, thus fully developing their left and right brain potentials.
The benefits of cultivating children's mathematical thinking
1. Improve logical thinking ability
Mathematical knowledge is very logical and abstract, and children's logical thinking ability can be improved through the cultivation of mathematical thinking. Why did Bian Xiao say that?
Because mathematical thinking is different from and higher than the teaching content category of ordinary mathematics, there are basically no ready-made formulas to use when solving mathematical problems of thinking. They are all solved by studying law. The whole process pays attention to analysis and judgment, logical reasoning and interlocking. It is impossible to follow the rules, and because of this, mathematical thinking helps to develop children's brains, stimulate children's left and right brain potential, and improve and strengthen children's logical thinking ability.
2. Lay a foundation for mastering junior and senior high school courses in the future.
Cultivating and exercising children's mathematical thinking ability from an early age is conducive to children's learning and growth at all stages. It is said that children can't lose at the starting line, so the difficulty of each course is increasing when children reach junior high school and senior high school, especially mathematics and physics, which is particularly important.
If a child can improve his thinking ability by exercising mathematical thinking in primary school, it will be of great help to his later study of mathematics and physics. Scientific research shows that children with good thinking and math in primary school can easily cope with math and physics courses in middle school, because children are more active and have stronger logical thinking ability.
3. Learning thinking mathematics is an exercise of children's will quality.
Most children are full of interest and confidence when they first learn thinking mathematics, but with the deepening of the course, it is more and more difficult. At this time, it is time to test children's willpower, because a small number of children persist with their own talents and indomitable perseverance, study hard and achieve certain results; However, under the pressure of parents, some children braved hardships, but more children gave up because of lack of talent or fear of difficulties and did not persist. In fact, no matter how you learn, it is important to persist and hone your willpower, which is also very beneficial to your child's future study and life.
How to Cultivate Mathematical Thinking
1. Parents' misunderstanding of mathematical thinking
In fact, many parents have misunderstandings about the cultivation of mathematical thinking. They think that children just need to count well. Actually, it's not. Mr. Chen Shengshen, a famous mathematician, once said: "Each of us spent a lot of time in mathematics in our life, but we actually only learned to calculate, not mathematics."
Mathematics actually contains many aspects, which should be studied and cultivated from the aspects of quantity, calculation, classification, set, space, correspondence and sequencing. Only in this way can children's mathematical thinking be better exercised.
2. Cultivate interest in learning
Parents should know that no matter what interest they do, it is very important, so improving children's interest in learning and self-confidence is the key to helping children master these thinking methods and solve essential problems. Don't let a child study for the sake of learning, let him discover the fun by himself.
Parents should combine their children's mathematical thinking with their lives and learn through games. After all, practice is greater than true knowledge, and letting children discover it by themselves is conducive to improving their interest in learning and falling in love with mathematics.
Combine life
The whole cultivation of mathematical thinking should not be unrealistic, and parents can combine life. For example, parents take their children to the shopping mall and see that some clothes are priced at 20%. At this time, parents can ask their children, if the original price of clothes is 399, what is the actual payment? How much can we save? Let the children think for themselves.
Or take him to buy his favorite Wangzi milk and find that the second price is half price. So how can I buy the most suitable milk? What can children do to drink more Wangzai milk? Take him to think and let him know what is better for him.
Entertainment and education
It is said that games are children's nature, so teaching in games is the most effective way for children. For example, parents can often take their children to play some math games, such as what is the sum of 1 to 100. Parents can tell their children that they can solve this problem quickly, so that children will be curious and he will study this relationship.
Or take the children to play with building blocks and puzzles. These games are not only conducive to developing children's intelligence, cultivating children's mathematical thinking, but also allowing children to experience the fun of games.
Reasonable educational methods are very important.
1. Lay a solid foundation
The grass-roots foundation determines the superstructure, and taking precautions is conducive to the rapid development of children. Parents can let their children learn some advanced content in their spare time through reasonable education methods. In fact, many students are trained in this way. Within the acceptable range of children, let children accept more things, extrapolate and expand their thinking, which is not limited to a way to solve problems, so that children can learn more easily and happily in class.
2. Pay attention to the process of solving problems
In fact, many times, the result of calculating the problem is not important. What matters is what the child has learned in the whole process of solving the problem. It is important to learn to sum up and think.
Let children explore the results, that is, the so-called thinking and innovation, let children have a new understanding and understanding of what they have learned, let children not stick to the general views of others, and let children think and innovate boldly. Only by constantly breaking the inherent mode of thinking and solving the difficulties they encounter can they draw their own reasonable and unique opinions and improve their mode of thinking.
3. Guide children to talk
Cultivating mathematical thinking is to train children's logical ability, so parents should guide their children's thinking step by step in this process, and they must let their children dare to speak and think, and their thinking should not be restricted.
When letting children solve problems, parents must leave him a certain space, so that children can think independently, think deeply and not seek results. Encouraging children to speak their own ideas and problem-solving ideas bravely helps to strengthen their thinking ability and logical space.
Mathematical thinking training can exercise the logic and abstraction of children's thinking. Learning mathematical thinking can help children develop their thinking and enhance their logical thinking ability, thus effectively improving their ability to analyze and solve problems. At the same time, their IQ level will be improved accordingly. Therefore, parents must not neglect the cultivation of children's mathematical thinking, and must cultivate them from an early age to make their children better and wiser and win at the starting line.