Active mathematics in classrooms : finding out why children make mistakes - and then doing something to help them

This is the third in our series that presents a summary of a workshop from the primary teacher professional learning program that was very successfully conducted in Brunei Darussalam under the supervision of Professor Ken Clements. While it is a mistake to think that you can take a successful program from one culture and expect it to be an instant success in another. Nevertheless, an examination can provide a vehicle for reflection of current classroom practices. For some readers, an examination may provide a welcome revision of some earlier learning or remind them of practices long since rejected and replaced by their current approaches. The program was called Active Mathematics in Classrooms (AMIC) and had three main groups of teacher participants: workshop writers; workshop leaders; and classroom teachers.