Duality and the Importance of Dual Treatments’ Inclusion in Teaching

Abstract

Mathematics lies at the root of duality. In the category of essential meanings of mathematics there are many meanings that coexist in their dual plane. We think that some deficiencies still exist in the teaching process particularly in the way the teacher transmits this knowledge to the students. Aiming to help the teachers to give in an accurate manner the mathematical knowledge we have built a new model in learning and teaching, which includes dual treatments in elementary education. In this paper are described some deficiencies during mathematics’ teaching and their elimination through implementation of dual treatments in teaching. The results from implementation of dual treatments in teaching are evaluated from the statistic analysis. ANCOVA and t-test were employed to determine that: 1) Experimental group versus control had significant difference in successful thinking in mathematics; and 2) Male versus female had not significant difference in successful thinking.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p631