Reach 231: Week 2 Home Learning

The Concrete Stage is also know as what stage?

Answer explanation

Enactive

When should the Concrete Stage be used?

Answer explanation

This stage should always be used during the learning of new concepts or when building further onto learnt concepts for every child in the classroom. It can also be used to help pupils demonstrate their understanding of concepts or to see the learning in a different way.

The Pictorial Stage involves the use of ______ to represent the concrete situation enacted in the first stage.

The _________ stage acts as a ‘bridge’ to support pupils to make links between the concrete and the abstract and develops their ability to communicate and to represent their mathematics.

The ________ stage is the use of words and symbols to communicate mathematically.

It is difficult for pupils to get to the abstract stage without the other two stages working alongside.

• True
• False