Explain with the help of examples from the point of view of mathematics learning, the significance of the

Question

the statement "The process of learning is more important than the product of learning" (10 marks)

Answer 1

I am a first year teacher, and I will be teaching high school math...One of the basic and foundational questions I intend on asking throughout the year is "What do I do next?"...I will teach at a low social economic school so for a lot of these students it is very understandable that they are not interested in learning math when they are dealing with relatives being put in jail and stuff like that...That's where the problem solving comes in...It would thrill me to no end if they could calculate good deals in supermarkets and things like that, but ultimately I hope that my students will learn how to look at situations and be able to ask "What do I do next?" to get through it instead of standing idly by or turning to drugs or something like that

Answer 2

I'm not sure I understand...  But I'll take a stab at it.

In short, it is more important that students learn the concept and the problem solving skills than a memorized set of steps to reach an answer.  If students are just taught to memorize steps, they can create the product (the answer) but not be able to rationalize it, nor will they know when to apply the set of steps to other situations.  When a student can figure out how and why something works (during the process of learning) he/she will be more able to use those skills in the real world and when learning higher level skills without being explicitly told to do such and such.

Also, the process of learning mathematics needs to be positive.  So many people (adults and children) have such math phobia that they have severe difficulty getting past this "wall" that they create and have difficulty learning math.  As soon as something becomes hard, they think, "See?  I knew I couldn't do it."  So if the process of learning math is positive and encouraging, it is more important than the product of a correct answer.

Hopefully I am not way off from what you were asking...  That's just my opinion

Answer 3

Take additions for example:

7 + 5 = 12               It's not that you need to memorize this exact question, rather why you get to the answer using the "addition" fuction.

There are infinite answers/questions...  but only one rule/principal.  That's why the process of learning HOW THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED, is more important than getting the answer.