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At the end of today's class, you will be able to:
- Define growth mindset and explain it's importance for learning math.
- Identify your personal learning theory and how yout theory will impact your teaching.
- Define number sense and explain it's role in math learning.
Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is the belief that you can develop abilities through effort and hard work. In relation to education there are certain key characteristics of a growth mindset.
Teachers or students with a growth mindset:
- believe that intelligence can be developed
- focus on learning vs. getting the “right” answer
- don’t give up and try new strategies if something doesn’t work
- reflect and learn from mistakes
Learning Theories
Learning Theories
"It becomes important to engage students in opportunities to use and apply knowledge, not only because such opportunities may afford the development of deeper knowledge, but because students engage in practices that they will need to use elsewhere."
JoAnn Boler
What's your theory about how students learn math?
How does this connect to...
Your conceptions of mathematics significantly influence how you teach it.
Instrumentalist view - Mathematics is a collection of skills and rules
Platonist view - Mathematics is a static but unified body of certain rules
Problem Solving view- Mathematics is a continuous process of inquiry that always remains open to revision
What is number sense?
What is number sense?
Looking at Number Sense in our SOL.
Review of counting.
Manipulatives used to develop counting and number sense.
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Current Event - World and Math Connections
Current Event - World and Math Connections
ASSIGNMENTS for Feb. 11, 12 - Dr. Smith
1. Observe students in your classroom and how their number sense skills.
2. Complete Math/Social Studies Checkpoint 1 to the folder in D2L.
3. Choose a lesson from http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/mathematics/elementary/number_sense_module/nns_modules_2012.pdf that could be used with your grade level to practice number sense skills. Be ready to teach that plan to your peers.
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