High-Yield Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction and Student Learning
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High-Yield Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction and Student Learning
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Recommendations and suggestions from EQAO's Provincial Report continue to highlight the significance of students needing to learn:
- To provide a complete explanation and/or justification using mathematical terms.
- To practise the use of oral and written mathematical language to explain mathematical processes and applications.
- Different ways to solve multi-step problems.
- Appropriate problem-solving strategies.
How can schools learn about and implement high-yield strategies that address these learning needs? Which high-yield strategies improve students' mathematical thinking, use of problem-solving strategies, and mathematical communication?
During this webcast, you will become familiar with several high-yield strategies for teaching and learning mathematics through problem solving. Within the professional learning contexts of co-teaching and teacher inquiry/study, you will experience the different ways that teachers can be:
- Using mathematics curriculum expectations for their curriculum planning, instruction, and assessment.
- Preparing themselves to anticipate a possible range of mathematical thinking to lesson problems.
- Activating students' mathematics learning and experiences.
- Providing time, space, and learning materials for students to construct mathematical understanding.
- Coordinating students' sharing of solutions to make explicit mathematical ideas, strategies, and solutions to a lesson problem and to improve students' mathematics communication.
Therefore, the purpose of this webcast is to stimulate professional learning about organizing for and improving mathematics instruction. The following questions are intended to promote thoughtful dialogue and inspire action that focuses on understanding and implementing high-yield mathematics instructional strategies.
- What are the characteristics of high-yield mathematics instructional strategies?
- What high-yield numeracy strategies does your school focus on to improve school-wide improvement in mathematics instruction and student learning?
- How does your school and/or school board organize for job-embedded professional learning in numeracy, such as co-teaching and teacher inquiry/study?
- What high-yield mathematics instructional strategies are illustrated in other LNS numeracy webcasts:
Featuring:
Luci Lackey, student achievement officer
Margaret Strerz, student achievement officer
Ontario Mathematics Educators:
Ottawa Catholic School Board
Paul Gautreau, elementary curriculum consultant
Sonja Karsh, school effectiveness lead principal
Michael Kennedy, elementary curriculum consultant
Guardian Angels Catholic School
Elizabeth Arkell, vice principal
Ryan Hertner, classroom teacher
Sandra Polito, classroom teacher
Danielle Shane, classroom teacher
St. James Catholic School
Mary-Ann Cowan, principal
Michelle Tierney, classroom teacher
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Hosted by the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat in partnership with Curriculum Services Canada