Accelerating Learning in Maths

Accelerating Learning in Maths

Warm-up:

Complete the fraction activity by yourself.

You will need to share your thoughts with a small group in 5 minutes.

Key Ideas from speaker Bruce Moody...

•Children not ready  - artificial barriers

•Children can pick up our attitudes towards particular groups - particularly our target kids - Must be excited.  Try and lighten up your voice.  Be careful of facial expression and tone of vice.

•W.I.H.W: Don’t confuse the activity with a Learning Intention, you might have a LI for a 2-3 weeks or longer.  For stage 5 children it could be "Use what we know to solve new problems." Stage 4 "Do our maths without counting."

•You don’t have to teach every single strategy in the numeracy books, do a few that are effective and move on.

•Children who are ‘counting on’ - tell them NOT to do it.

•Struggling children usually get less wait time - they actually need 2-3 times longer

•Mainland cheese - Good things take time.

•Spray and walk away - Give them a problem, walk away, don't do all the setting up stuff.

Maths RotationPractical ideas to accelerate learning

in maths.

Problem solving with decimals

Phebe & Nishana

nzmaths with Grace

and Ed

Problem solving with Kathryn and

Lea

Rotation 1

8 minsA B C

Rotation 2

8 minsC A B

Rotation 3

8 minsB C A

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ALiM Mathematics ProjectA Ministry of Education initiative•10 weeks to accelerate learning in maths.•Has been over and above maths in class.•Withdrawl class and 2 x in class groups.

Key ideas that have been successful:•Students were more effective in addition than subtraction.•Materials - need to be able to manipulate materials and see for themselves.•Think, pair, share strategy.

Extra study?? Interested???•EDCURRIC 349

•12 lectures across 1 year. We watched each lecture from 3.15-5.30 (You may need to stay till 6pm for the first 3 lectures).

•one half of the fees paid for by the MoE and you can apply for the other half to be paid for by the school.

•4 assignments - Each assignment is made up of around 30-40 questions. You simply need to answer the equation or describe in words how you would solve the problem. In assignment 1 & 2 we interviewed a child in our class and described the outcome.

In assignment 4 there was a short number knowledge test.•Possibility of some release time in school.

Feedback from people who have been involved in this course this year.