Correct Answer - Option 3 : Cuisenaire rods
Teaching Aids: These are sensory devices, they provide a sensory experience to the learner, and i.e. the learners can see and hear simultaneously using their senses. These are instructional devices that are used to communicate messages more effectively through sound and visuals.
Cuisenaire rods are the teaching aids for teaching and learning mathematics. A Cuisenaire rod is made up of squares equal to the number the rod represents, and the rods help us visualize math operations.
This aid is providing hands-on experience to students which helps to explore mathematics and learn mathematical concepts:
- Arithmetical operations
- Working with fractions
- Finding divisors
Other Teaching aids for teaching mathematics
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Number Charts are a really useful tool when teaching a young child counting of numbers in learning mathematics.
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Abacus is the best teaching aid that makes math make sense. The kids who use the abacus concretely understand numbers, they can see what they are doing in math and why they got the answer they did. It is hard for young kids to understand abstract concepts.
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Geoboard is an electronic teaching aid for teaching geometry basics, including shapes, perimeter, area, and much more.
Hence, we can conclude that Cuisenaire rods are most suitable for teaching children the concept of fractions.
