HOW CAN BRUNEIAN TRADITIONAL GAMES BE USED IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF PRIMARY MATHEMATICS?
a) Can be incorporated in the lesson to teach basic number skills such as counting on, estimation as well as to enhance addition and subtraction and mental calculation in a fun and interesting way. Example, Congkak and Pasang.
b) Use it as a maths activity or challenge in the classroom for enrichment and thus make learning enjoyable. Hence, teachers should improvise to carry out the activities in the classroom to make it simple.
c) As learning tools so students can manipulate and learn at the same time since primary school students need to have as much as possible concrete examples in order to facilitate their understanding of mathematical concept better. It is also a good opportunity for those students who prefer hands-on activity or to cater for the kinesthetic learners.
d) For top spinning, teachers can improvise by finding ‘toy-like’ top spinning and use for mathematical activities in the classroom such as estimate how long will it last, record the time taken and take the average. Another activity is to ask students to convert the time in minutes to seconds and so on.
e) In terms of kite flying, pupils can be asked to calculate the area or the kite or perimeter, make and design the kite, observe the patterns, i.e. symmetrical as well as comparing the sizes of the kites.
To conclude, traditional games provide teachers with many different ways to teach suitable and relevant mathematical concepts in the classroom context. Not only it is an interesting approach for teachers to use such games in the classroom but it also provide enjoyment for students such that learning is more fun and enjoyable. It is up to the teachers to improvise ways to introduce the games to students and fit in during any parts of the maths lesson as well as improvise the materials needed in order to introduce such games.
Done by:
Haji Ruzaini Haji Mazin 06B0405
Md. Salleh Hamidy Awg. Julidy 06B0407
Afrah Izzat Hj. Tejuddin 06B0408
Ahmad Humaizi Hj. Samehon 06B0409
Ak. Nabil Fikri Pg. Osman 06B0419
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