The presentation from our round. Lots of food for thought here - language, feedback, visible learning & the big ideas in maths (with acknowledgement to the ground-breaking work of Di Siemon).
Professional Learning Aspect 1: Do students understand what they are learning and how to be successful?
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Professional Learning Aspect 2: Are students using mathematical language to communicate their understandings?
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The longer reading here is a general one about learning intentions and success criteria (or "learning targets" as the terminology used here. The reading comprises aspects of chapter 5, "Looking for a Learning Target" from the wonderful professional resource, Formative Classroom Walkthroughs by Connie Moss and Susan Brookhart. Click here to download this extract.
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The longer reading is an extract from Chapter 4, "Communication" from the Gerald Aungst book, Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom. In the extract Aungst provides some key principles for mathematical communication, alongside lots of practical teaching techniques. Click here to download this extract.
The shorter reading is a blog by Katherin Catrwright, "Mathematics: Everyone's Second Language" from the wonderful website, Primary Learning. In it, the differences in the structure of mathematical language explained, alongside yet more practical techniques for building students' understanding of it. Click on the image below to access the blog.
Mathematical Communicating: This is our rounds members' synthesis of they key ideas for these two readings. Click here to download
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Our Top 8 Priorities: Here's what our rounds members thought was most important about learning goals from the readings. Click here to download
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Professional Learning Aspect 3: Is feedback moving the learning forward?
The longer reading is an extract from chapter 8, "Looking for Formative Feedback" from the Moss & Brookhart book, Formative Classroom Walkthroughs. This is a general reading about what to look for in classrooms observations if you want to see effective feedback. Click here to download
The shorter reading, "How Do You Give Feedback?" is from the brilliant Mark Chubb from his blog, Building Mathematicians. He illustrates the general principles of feedback using a mathematical task, and leaves you with questions to reflect on about your own feedback. Click on the image to access the webpage.
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Our rounds members highlight the essentials for giving good feedback to students in maths. Feedback: What Must, Should and Could We Do?
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