For the first point, one group concluded that "earlier in life it doesn't make sense to do relational". I partially agree with it. Based on my personal experience, I think relational teaching is also needed for some young students. Building connections between knowledge they know and don't know could help those students learn new concepts easier and faster. I do like the conclusion of another group on this point, which is " to integrate relational and instrumental understanding together". Teachers need to observe and analysis students' performance and determine the adequate way of teaching, relational or instrumental.
For the third point, I agree that students could overcome the "Math anxiety" which comes from home through continually being encouraged in the classroom. Teachers play a very important role to help students to recognize and extend their potential in Math, and teach them to be tenacious and courageous to face failures and difficulties. That is what Math is really about, face it, fail it, face it, fail it,…, until succeed.
Very nice.
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