Task-driven Learning And Its Use In Mathematics Teaching In Primary Schools

The new round reform of mathematics curriculum puts forward that we should change the traditional learning style which is simplex passivity to a new active exploration pattern. It also calls for the maths learning method based on the life experience and suggests that the students should go through the process in which realistic problems are abstracted to mathematic model and students can explain and apply with maths. Moreover, students may obtain the development and progress on the learning sensibility and attitude, value notion, etc. Task-based Learning origins from medical college and now it has been put in practice in the field of exploring, computer and English teaching. This research is based on the new round curricular reform and introduces the Task-based Learning into elementary math teaching. First, the author shows the general picture and basic character of Task-based Learning in elementary maths teaching through comparison and analysis of two mathematic teaching cases. After that, the author discusses the development, concept, essential character, academic bases of Task-based Learning, and its importance to students'math learning in elementary school. The research lays emphasis on analyzing application of Task-based Learning in elementary math teaching through some material cases. It includes the basal courses and its character, teaching principle and some teaching strategies. All these can offer teachers many directions and examples in the process of practice. Finally, some problems which are worth discussing further are also mentioned, for encouraging more and more researchers to care and enrich Task-based Learning.