maths staff meeting t4 2012
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Outline of additional maths programmes 2012/3TRANSCRIPT
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
A B C
JohnMarkKim
Anne BJanetNicolaNicole
Ian
GigiGregWill
Kim MLouise
Di FCarrieDi P
DylanCarinaDawnRonnieStuartKaye
Anne MStacey
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.