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Principles Underlying Effective Mathematics Instruction Positive Attitude Active/Hands On learning for students Use students’ prior knowledge Provide tasks in the Zone of Proximal Development Consider learning styles & special needs Create a culture & climate for learning Encourage metacognition Focus on conceptual understanding Focus on the Big Ideas
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TEACHING MATH TO JUNIOR DIVISIONBig Ideas, Fractions & eWorkshop
What are the things we should be keeping in mind when we teach math to students?(All of these things you know…we’re just refreshing memories!)
First, lets talk about the overall principles for instruction in
mathematics…..
Principles Underlying Effective Mathematics Instruction
• Positive Attitude• Active/Hands On learning for students
• Use students’ prior knowledge• Provide tasks in the Zone of Proximal
Development• Consider learning styles & special needs
• Create a culture & climate for learning• Encourage metacognition
• Focus on conceptual understanding• Focus on the Big Ideas
Today….we are going to focus a bit on the Big Ideas and Fractions!
The Big Ideas help students to see the connections between the math concepts that they are learning, building a better understanding of math in general. Understanding Big Ideas allows them to use the concepts that they learn now to make connections in the future.
Big Ideas• What are the Big Ideas we are trying to help students to
develop an understanding of?
Quantity Operational SenseRelationships
RepresentationProportional Reasoning
Big Ideas: How do fractions fit in?
Quantity• Howmuchness!• Visualizing whole
numbers as individual items or a set,
• Fractions as parts of a whole
Operation Sense• Understanding addition,
subtraction, multiplication & division and the relationships between them
• Using operations efficiently by using parts to make a whole
Big Ideas: How do fractions fit in?
Relationships• Base 10 relationships• Operation relationships• Comparing and ordering
numbers by relating them to benchmarks
• Relationship between fractionalized parts and the whole
Representation• Symbols and placement
indicate quantity & relationships
• The same number can be represented in a variety of ways
• The significance of a denominator & numerator
Big Ideas: How do fractions fit in?
Proportional Reasoning• Being able to compare objects or
sets of objects• Thinking about multiplicative
relationships
Fractions• Manipulatives and Experiential Problem Solving are Key to effective instructions in
Math
• Students need the chance to experiment with models and diagrams to solve
problems!
Some Key Experiences for StudentsUse models to see fractions as parts of a whole
Count fractional parts beyond one whole
Model the meanings of fractional symbols: proper fractions, improper fractions and mixed fractions
Relate fractions to division: dividing up a whole
Problem solve to find the whole, the part and the fraction Relate fractions to
benchmarks: 0, ½, 1
Determine equivalent fractions
Compare and order fractions
Discover the relationship between number of pieces and size of pieces
eWorkshop• Fractions is a challenging concept for our students to
learn and for us to effectively teach.• I would like to introduce you to a free, online resource that
can help us.
•http://www.eworkshop.on.ca
eWorkshop: What will you find?
• RESOURCES…RESOURCES…RESOURCES• Guides to effective instruction which explain in detail the
general principles, the Big Ideas, Key components of teaching specific subject areas.
• Modules on Literacy & Numeracy which include:• Video’s of teacher’s planning, teaching and reflecting on lessons• Lesson Plans, example problems and solutions • Printable Activity Sheets• Printable manipulatives – fraction circles, fraction strips
• Looking specifically at the Grades 4-6 module on Fractions• Printable manipulatives – fraction circles, fraction strips
THANK YOU!!!!!• Please get together in your grade
level groups or individually and look through the eWorkshop.
• Share with each other what you like, and are going to use in your classroom!
• Of course share how it went too!