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Location: Guadassuar, Spain / Number of students: 194
Grades using Innovamat: Early Years and Elementary/ Using Innovamat since: 2022
In the Valencian region, we have also heard the testimony of some schools that work with the curriculum. This is the case of Colegio Sant Francesc in Guadassuar, where teachers have told us about their experience teaching mathematics with Innovamat.
Innovamat’s competency-based and manipulative approach has transformed the way students learn math. María Martínez, a 2nd grade teacher, tells us: “It is a much more manipulative-based curriculum which aligns much more with the students. It is a very, very educational curriculum.” This manipulative approach allows students to learn actively, by experimenting and actively participating in their learning process.
Juana Arlandis, a PreK 1 teacher, highlights the importance of competencies in the Innovamat approach: “It is both competency-based and content-based, which makes us value the students’ work more.” This means that students not only memorize content, but they also develop skills and abilities to apply knowledge in real situations, to prepare them for real-world challenges.
Blanca García, a 6th grade teacher, highlights the change in understanding the content the students have experienced thanks to the curriculum: “There is a reason for everything and the students understand that reason. They used to learn by heart. It was like memorizing a formula, content, and now they don’t; now they understand why they are working on that content and they understand what has been done.” Even as a teacher she has been able to understand the reasons for doing certain things that she didn’t understand before:
“It has been very useful to me too, sometimes I didn’t know why a particular formula was used. And now I do.”
Innovamat has enabled students to understand concepts in depth and in a meaningful way, improving their knowledge retention and application.
In addition, the teachers positively highlight the flexibility offered by Innovamat, as Maria tells us: “Everyone moves at their own pace. And everyone gets to the end too, because it’s part of our process.” This personalized approach allows students to move forward at their own pace, ensuring everyone achieves learning objectives.
María Quiles, kindergarten teacher, stresses the importance of having fun and collaboration in the learning process with Innovamat:
“When you see that they’re enjoying themselves, that they’re learning, you see that they also help each other with whatever session they’re working on, you see them play and, at the same time, you know that they’re inadvertently acquiring content.”
Innovamat has created a fun and collaborative learning environment, where students enjoy the learning process while effectively acquiring knowledge.
They also highlight the students’ enthusiasm while learning: pupils are excited to learn and see math as something meaningful. Juana Arlandis tells us, “The minute we get the Innovamat material out, the students’ faces light up.” Blanca García, stresses that for them “it is not a class like they were used to, it is more of a game”.
Maria Quiles, kindergarten teacher.
Families are also fundamental in children’s’ learning. That’s why we also wanted to listen to you and learn about your experience – and that of your children – after working with Innovamat. This is just a small summary of what we have been told:
Vicente Osca, a father of two elementary students, tells the story of his daughter, Carla, a student who found math difficult, but who “now participates more and math has become a practical subject.” Carla tells us excitedly about class activities, in which it is not only important to show if they have acquired the content, but they learn to present their conclusions, debate their conjectures, etc. “It’s great to have these interactive activities in class!” says Carla.
Salva Andreu, parent of another elementary student, adds: “It’s a plus to be using technology every day, to be handling it, working with it… this isn’t the old fashioned way of doing things anymore.” Families highly value the implementation of interactive and practical activities in classes. They have transformed the way students approach learning math, creating a more enjoyable and participatory environment. Students are excited and motivated to learn, which improves their academic performance.
