What is Numeracy?
Accuracy, flexibility, algorithms, sophistication, elegance, efficiency, and speed. Watch to see how all of that is part of numeracy.
Accuracy, flexibility, algorithms, sophistication, elegance, efficiency, and speed. Watch to see how all of that is part of numeracy.
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Click the link to the right to view the video from the GMD Conference Presentation.
Description: Children have an over-reliance on counting, they lack number sense, and the manipulatives we use in the early grades actually hinder students’ abilities to progress to more advanced addition strategies. This session will discuss why these three ideas keep kids from being fluent with their addition facts AND what we can do in the classroom to help.
