OTF Connect Webinar - Making Math Student Centred Through Inquiry-Based Interactive Tasks
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The document discusses making math education more student-centered through the use of inquiry-based interactive tasks. It promotes using visual and concrete examples to build understanding and connections between math concepts. Tasks should spark student inquiry and lead to consolidation of learning. Resources like 3 Act Math tasks on iTunes U and interactive books created with iBooks Author can support this approach.
OTF Connect Webinar - Making Math Student Centred Through Inquiry-Based Interactive Tasks
- 1. Making Math Student Centred Through Inquiry-Based Interactive Tasks tapintoteenminds.com/OTF Ontario Teachers’ Federation CONNECT
- 10. ABOUT ME Belle River, ON Math Teacher / Instructional Coach Apple Distinguished Educator Apple Education Trainer @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com
- 16. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com ENGAGEMENT “There are several types/categories of engagement – academic, cognitive, intellectual, institutional, emotional, behavioural, social, psychological, to name a few.” Parsons, J., & Taylor, L. (2011). Student Engagement: What do we know and what should we do? University Partners (pp 3). University of Alberta.
- 18. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com 4. Homework 3. Examples 2. Definitions, Formulae, Procedures/Algorithms 1. Take Up Homework Math Class
- 19. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Two Groups of Students Good at Math Not Good at Math
- 20. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Good at Math Not Good at Math What are some characteristics of a student who is “good at math?”
- 21. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Two Groups of Students Good at Memorization Not Good at Memorization
- 22. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Two Groups of Students Good at Memorization Not Good at Memorization
- 23. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Two Groups of Students Good at Memorization Not Good at Memorization Struggle with unfamiliar problems
- 28. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Interconnected Visual and Concrete Contextual CONFIDENCE
- 29. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Interconnected Visual and Concrete Contextual PERCEPTION
- 34. http://www.vancouversun.com/life/From+geek+chic/6296707/story.html Photograph by: Maggie Wong @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com
- 41. what’s this?
- 54. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com IF SHARING AMONGST 4 PEOPLE EVENLY, HOW MANY CHOCOLATES SHOULD EACH GET?
- 55. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com IF SHARING AMONGST 4 PEOPLE EVENLY, HOW MANY CHOCOLATES SHOULD EACH GET? MAKE A PREDICTION!
- 57. Total Divided Evenly Into 3 Groups: Two groups have a total of 38 candies IF SHARING AMONGST 4 PEOPLE EVENLY, HOW MANY CHOCOLATES SHOULD EACH GET?
- 60. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com HOW MANY OF EACH COLOUR ARE THERE?
- 61. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com 35 Blue and Purple 44 Blue and Pink 57 Total
- 66. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Understand how to get there the long way before taking shortcuts.
- 79. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Understand how to get there the long way before taking shortcuts.
- 80. @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com Introduce concepts with intuition first, then algebra only once students have gained understanding & confidence.
- 86. 3 Act Math Tasks iTunes U kylep.ca/curiousmath1p @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com
- 91. Making Math Student Centred Through Inquiry-Based Interactive Tasks tapintoteenminds.com/OTF kylep.ca/curiousmath1p iTunes U khmath.com @MathletePearcewww.tapintoteenminds.com