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Title of the Experience

Teaching maths in vocational education system

Name of the teacher

Kristīne Tapiņa

Country where it took place

Latvia

School typology

Vocational School

Thematic Area

Maths

Experience typology

Teaching in class

Type of contact

Direct

Description of the Experience

Students in vocational schools , as a rule, have worse knowledge of maths than in secondary schools.The students start studying in a vocational school with bad basic knowledge of maths ( many of them are with lower marks than necessary ). The State Education Standard does not provide a different approach to teaching maths in a vocational school. They have to acquire the same programm even though they have fewer lessons than secondary school students.
If we expect students to be successful in the State Test in maths , one should:
1. to start all themes with a revision of the previous material (both in class and independently )
2. to teach them how to use the 'allowed formula' list in each lesson
3. to evaluate homework in a form of a short test.
4. to compose a theme test according to the exam principles ( test questions + one-point tasks+multi-point tasks).
5. To revise all previous material and to solve previous exams during last semester
6. to do a final test in maths at the end of year 3 in order to evaluate their readiness for the exam.

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Date: 2014.10.01

Posted by Anna Luise (Italy)

I find this experience very interesting because it takes into consideration the kind of students I have been working with for a long time. I believe it is a good practice to review the didactic plan according to the results we achieve at the end of the vocational path. Working on the tests of the final exam of the previous years reassures the students, it makes them more attentive and collaborative. During last years, I tried to use this method also since the first classes in order to get the students used to the ministerial assessment on students’ knowledge.

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