Developing Mathematics Teachers

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Developing Mathematics Teachers

• 26th February 2009

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starter
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The aims for the meetings are

• To offer the opportunity to develop understanding
  of the mathematics curriculum
• To develop confidence in the necessary subject
  knowledge
• To strengthen skills in the planning and teaching
  of mathematics
• To improve knowledge of key elements of assessment

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Objectives

• To share and develop good practice
• To focus on strategies for effective teaching and
  learning
• To share ideas for effective classroom
  management Behaviour

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Agenda

• 1230 Lunch (provided)
• 100 Introduction starter
• 120 Conceptual vs procedural teaching
• 300 Tea
• 315 Managing behaviour
• 400 Next steps

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• Speed dating/sharing
• Something that has worked well

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Your Task

• Yr8 Algebra 4
• Choose one objective and plan a lesson
• Evaluation sheets. Please include your preferred
  email address
• Sue.Southward_at_rhouse.co.uk
• Andrew.Manley_at_rhouse.co.uk
• and your learning platform login name
• sues_at_b99.md.e2bn.net
• andym_at_b99.md.e2bn.net

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Planning
Success Criteria Questions Exam/Testbase
Sequence Starters Mains Plenaries Differentiation
Presentation
Framework Progression maps Textbooks MyMaths
Standards unit Framework Mymaths Teachers guide
(textbook) Resource finder
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Conceptual vs Procedural teaching

• What?
• Why?
• Read the extracts from the Ofsted report

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Conceptual teaching

• Examples to contrast procedural and conceptual
  teaching.
• Mixed fractions to improper (top heavy)
• Mean
• Area of a triangle

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• To multiply by 10 you add a zero
• To divide by a fraction you turn the second
  fraction upside down and multiply
• Change the side, change the sign
• Two negatives make a positive
• 101/10, so what is 20?
• 5a2a is like 5 apples and two more apples
• 1m 100cm so 1m2 cm2
• The probability of it raining is 50-50 because
  either it will or it wont
• To multiply decimals, forget the point, multiply
  like whole numbers and count the digits to put
  the point back in
• Any more?

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Task

• Decide on an area of maths youd like to develop
• Discuss the issues and misconceptions involved.
• Plan how you might you teach this.
• Maths framework
• Share your thoughts and plans

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Concepts developed by the group

• Angles in a triangle tear up the triangle and
  put the corners together to make a straight line.
• Pythagoras uses multilink to make squares on the
  short sides, then combine and reassemble to make
  a square on the hypotenuse
• Pie charts pupils in a circle with categories
  together, use string from the centre to show
  divisions.
• Negative x negative develop patterns
• -2x2, -2x1,2x0, -2x-1, -2x-2,
• Expanding brackets by referring to area
• Factors of numbers by making different rectangles.

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Tea
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Starter

• Multiplication grid

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Behaviour

• Teachers TV unmotivated boys
• Behaviour Matters Teachers TV
• unmotivated boys
• 2 changes that made a difference
• Disciplinehelp.com

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Next steps

• Explain one conceptual teaching idea to your
  department
• Try it with a class
• Explore the behaviour resources.
• Next meeting 24th June ????????

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Links

• Nrich nrich.maths.org Mathematics Enrichment
  Feb 2009 Homepage
• Understanding the Score Ofsted report