Opened with a Mihi.
Bruce is a former secondary school teacher and has been involved in Primary School advisory work since 2001. He was once a Numeracy Project advisor but never used a lesson from the booklets. He has presented many workshops and led Teacher Maths Symposiums. He has diploma in Te ara reo from Te Waananga o Aotearoa. Bruce is self employed Maths Consultant, based in Rotorua.
He combines research findings with practical classroom ideas. He helps to demonstrate pedagogical principles to teachers and 'earn the right' to be heard in staff meetings.
What is the mathematics view?
Maths experts should teach maths.
Maths has its own way of communicating.
The change process - Existing practice versus Numeracy project ---- creating new
The Numeracy Project focus is on Number.
In mathematics - number and strands work together not kept in rigid compartments separate from each other.
Why teach a strategy that doesn't work.
We should teach General strategies.
What do children actually need to make progress through the curriculum.
Much better to spend time on critical elements
We want children to be successful with Place value and basic Bonds
Learning doesn't happen over night.
Looking at number Bonds rather than number facts eg. there are six variations in the bond.
In mathematics education at primary school level, a number bond (sometimes alternatively called an addition fact) is a simple addition sum which has become so familiar that a child can recognise it and complete it almost instantly, with recall as automatic as that of an entry from a multiplication table in ... Subtraction and change unknown.
Models are important. They are the interface between teaching and learning.
Meaningful context enhances learning. Make it purposeful. How does the use of your materials support your maths. I want them to learn this bond so therefore I choose the resources to help them get there. We need to help children access
Big question: how is the learning going in this process.
Don't be busy or over teach. Give students time to process.
Try not to interfere too much. Make sure there is some challenge for the children.
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