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The Key Ingredients For Effective Maths Learning, 25/5/21

Planning (Digital copy of presentation saved in personal filing) Helping our students learn and succeed in maths requires careful planning.  The termly and weekly plan should include these  proficiencies :  Procedural fluency  Adaptive reasoning Problem solving Conceptual understanding Productive disposition Children need time and practise in each of these competencies, across each dimension of maths :  Number & algebra  Geometry & measurement Statistics (image courtesy of Rob Profitt-White) Example: (image courtesy of Rob Profitt-White) Use the NZMaths Curriculum Elaborations to guide planning. NZ Maths Long Term Plans  -  use the thematic plans to cover each area of maths over the year. Weekly Strategies To Engage (group or individual) Move It, Prove It - start of week (diagnostic observations) and repeat end of week (summative show of learning, and spent more time reasoning and justifying so all understand the concept) Have students mak...