Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

Mathematical Aspects
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Mathematics teaches us how to analyse a situation, how to come to a decision,
to check thinking and its results, to perceive relationships, to concentrate, to be
accurate and to be systematic in our work habits.
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Mathematics develops the ability to perform necessary computations with ac-
curacy and reasonable speed. It also develops an understanding of the pro-
cesses of measurement and of the skill needed in the use of instruments of
precision.
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Mathematics develops the ability to a) make dependable estimates and approxi-
mations, b) devise and use formulae, rules of procedure and methods of mak-
ing comparisons, c) represent designs and spatial relations by drawings, and d)
arrange numerical data systematically and to interpret information in graphic
or tabular form.