Assessment is an ongoing process. Effective teachers are constantly using formative assessment to diagnose problems and plan for future learning. Formative assessment should be for the learner as well as the teacher. This involves observing, note taking, and communication while the students are involved in mathematical problem solving and investigations. This informal tool allows the teachers … [Read more...]
Technology
Technology, strategically integrated at the point of instruction as a tool of investigation that allows students to understand mathematics that may otherwise be beyond them, is a powerful tool in the mathematics classroom. What comes to mind when you think of technology use in a mathematics classroom? Did you think of a calculator? Most people do, but what is “technology” really? Technology can … [Read more...]
Numeracy
The (US) National Center for Education Statistics, in its 1993 Report of the National Adult Literacy Survey, defines quantitative literacy as: The knowledge and skills required to apply arithmetic operations, either alone or sequentially, using numbers embedded in printed material (e.g., balancing a checkbook, completing an order form). – National Center for Education Statistics The UK's … [Read more...]
Math Literacy
Many teachers are beginning to integrate math and literature into their school day. Teachers that traditionally set a block amount of time to teach math and then another block of time to teach language arts are finding that integrating the two subjects gives more time for teaching the curriculum. “Math literacy” will engage the students who love books and also the students who love math in the … [Read more...]
