Research On Strategies For Developing Primary School Students’ Reading Skills In Mathematics

Mathematics Curriculum Standards for Compulsory Education(2022 Edition)clearly emphasizes the importance of mathematical language and incorporates it into the core competencies for student development,requiring students to express the world using mathematical language.Accessibility to mathematical reading is the foundation of mathematics learning activities.The premise for students to independently engage in mathematical reading is to master mathematical language.Therefore,learning the language and reading are inseparable.At the same time,with the continuous development of science and technology and the widespread application of information technology,the degree of digitization is also increasing.Mathematics permeates every aspect of life,and people need to obtain the necessary mathematical information and knowledge in a timely and effective manner.Therefore,students should attach importance to mathematical reading when they come into contact with mathematics learning.However,in the current primary school classroom,teachers do not attach enough importance to mathematical reading and lack the cultivation of students’ mathematical reading abilities.This study first used a literature review to summarize the characteristics,classification,value,factors that affect mathematical reading,and problems of mathematical reading,and conducted research on the composition of mathematical reading abilities.It used an interview method to understand the cognitive status of teachers on mathematical reading and the methods they use to cultivate students.Based on relevant literature on "mathematical reading" and "mathematical reading ability",curriculum standards,primary school mathematics textbooks,and student exercise books,a test paper is prepared,and the current status of primary school students’ mathematical reading ability is investigated in-depth using Chongqing F Elementary School as an example.Secondly,combine the results of the test paper and interviews with teachers to analyse the reasons that affect the mathematical reading ability of primary school students.Finally,strategies for cultivating the mathematical reading ability of primary school students were proposed,hoping to provide reference for practical teaching in primary schools.Firstly,this study conducted a theoretical analysis of mathematical reading ability.Firstly,the connotations of "mathematical reading" and "mathematical reading ability" and the theoretical basis of this research were studied.Secondly,through a literature review,the constituent elements of mathematical reading ability were extracted,and frequency statistics were conducted according to the frequency of occurrence.Based on the characteristics of primary school students’ mathematical reading,the four highest frequency constituent elements were identified,namely,language recognition and transformation ability,comprehension ability,information acquisition ability,and reasoning ability.Secondly,a survey and analysis of the current situation of primary school students’ mathematical reading ability was done.Through testing,it was found that students have difficulty in recognizing and transforming complex and uncommon mathematical language;they can understand mathematical symbols,mathematical problems in materials,and simple mathematical language,but have difficulty in understanding complex mathematical concepts.They can obtain information from materials,but have problems in identifying and filtering information;they can make simple generalizations or analogies,but have significant problems in deducing other propositions or conclusions based on facts and propositions,as well as in making slightly more complex guesses or discovering conclusions.They are not proficient in applying mathematical rules.Thirdly,this study studied the problems and causes of primary school students’ mathematical reading abilities.Based on the results of the test paper and interviews with five teachers of different teaching experience,different educational backgrounds and different regions,it was found that primary school students have poor language recognition and transformation abilities,weak comprehension abilities,inadequate information acquisition abilities,and weak reasoning abilities.The causes of the above problems in primary school students’ mathematical reading abilities are: poor mathematical reading habits,lack of effective mathematical reading methods,lack of opportunities for expression;lack of emphasis on mathematical reading by teachers,lack of guidance on mathematical reading methods,limited time and opportunities provided for mathematical reading,and lack of development of mathematical reading materials.Finally,strategies for cultivating primary school students’ mathematical reading ability were proposed from three aspects.Firstly,teachers should improve their professional quality and carry out targeted reading teaching: teachers should standardize classroom teaching language and improve students’ linguistic rigor;design mathematical reading homework to consolidate students’ mathematical reading ability;enhance their own mathematical knowledge reserve to indirectly stimulate students’ reading interest;organize information acquisition competitions to enhance sensitivity;allow students to become information collectors and improve accuracy;collect information from daily life to broaden their information scope.Secondly,students should keep up with the pace of their teachers and develop the habit of reading independently: use the right methods to enhance comprehension ability in pre-class preview;construct frameworks to improve reasoning ability in post-class review.Thirdly,parents and schools should cooperate to attach importance to reading and create an overall reading atmosphere: parents should change outdated concepts and guide children to choose books;classes should organize reading activities to form a good reading atmosphere.