Year 3 teacher here ... using the bar model ... but I am not convinced! I feel it works great for fractions of amounts and I can see the attraction for algebra later on, but for your bog standard word problems, I just don’t think it works that well for me. I have read up on it, I have had CPD, I’ve tried it out but I honestly don’t get why teachers rave over it. The weaker children don’t understand where to put the numbers, the average children do (mostly) and go through the motions and the higher achievers get held back. What am I doing wrong? Am I blind to the benefits? Any thoughts or advice is welcomed!
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Convince me the bar model is right
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Madonnaslonglostbeautyspot · 04/04/2019 22:24
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