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Significant Concepts in MYP Maths.

Significant Concepts in MYP Maths. . What are they?. What is a Significant Concept?. A concept is Timeless Universal Abstract A phase Can be used in many subjects (Will another subject specialist recognise the concept?)

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Significant Concepts in MYP Maths.

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  1. Significant Concepts in MYP Maths. What are they?

  2. What is a Significant Concept? • A concept is • Timeless • Universal • Abstract • A phase • Can be used in many subjects (Will another subject specialist recognise the concept?) Math is different from other subjects as the concepts we teach are usually the topic as well.

  3. Stage 1 Planning • The Significant concept is part of the first stage of planning. Not the LAST! The second stage of planning is the content. From Principles into practice Page 72

  4. Grade 7 – Unit 2 • The importance of increasing precision and accuracy, in our healthcare services, robotics and surgery. • We want to teach fractions and decimals. • What broad concept (not subject specific) could we use? • Idea of not being whole, being part of a whole unit. • Significant concept – “Not everything exists as part of a complete or a whole unit.”

  5. The following could be questions for determining the significant concept. • Is it grounded in the subject? Does it reflect essential disciplinary understanding? • Does it respond to the questions “why” or “so what”? • Can it be formulated in terms of: “It is important for students to understand that …”? • Do teachers from other disciplines recognize it as a significant concept? Taken from Coordinator support material http://xmltwo.ibo.org/publications/MYP/m_g_mypxx_mon_1008_1/html/production-app3.ibo.org/publication/242/part/5/chapter/2.html

  6. Taken from Coordinator support material http://xmltwo.ibo.org/publications/MYP/m_g_mypxx_mon_1008_1/html/production-app3.ibo.org/publication/242/part/5/chapter/2.html

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