Underachievement in Numeracy

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Underachievementin Numeracy

• What can we do about it?

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Whats the point of teaching maths ?

• I never got into maths at school because I
  could never see the point or relevance of it so
  why bother ?

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Learning through problem posing and problem
solving

• Provide access in terms of everyone being able to
  offer some kind of answer.
• Gain a variety of answers or encourage different
  ways of working on an idea.
• Help students move towards an understanding of a
  specific concept
• Give opportunities to explore more complex areas
  of maths

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Starting with a problem

• Key objective Add several small numbers.
• How would you start ?
• What kind of problem could you start with ?

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Asking open Questions

• How pupils respond to questions and what value
  is given to answers received are key aspects of
  practice based on asking open questions.

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Questioning

• How many different pairs of whole numbers can I
  add together to give an answer of 10 ?
• Prompting
• Probing
• Promoting

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More practise and consolidation

• What does this look like in your classroom ?

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More practise and consolidation

• Block planning
• Reducing the curriculum by making links
• Exit and entry strategies
• Direct teaching
• Talking to children misconceptions
• Extension through problem solving

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Scaffolding

• Why ?
• How ?
• When ?

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Scaffolding

• QICA
• Modelling
• Jottings
• Developing vocabulary

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VAK

• How would you support different learners in
  understanding the concept of area and perimeter ?

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Area and Perimeter
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Use of practical resources

• Supports consolidation
• Reinforces concepts
• Having the resources accessible
• Extension
• 100 squares, number lines, Cuisenaire rods, base
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Mental Maths

• Why are pupils mental maths skills vital ?
• How can we support these ?

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Suggestions

• Target Boards
• Triangles
• Visual clues
• Rhymes and songs
• Board Games
• Making links

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Maths Across the Curriculum

• Art shape and space
• Geography coordinators, direction and position
• Science measures, conversion

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Teaching through real life contexts

• Use of weather reports
• Sports ideas
• Shopping

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AFL and Marking

• How do we mark ?
• Use of Walt and Wilf
• How do we move the learning on ?
• How do we assess in the lesson ?