Assessment is not restricted to any one method but rather encompasses all activities partaken within school where information learned is used to enhance teaching and learning. Assessment becomes formative assessment when the information learned is used to feedback to pupils and used as the basis of a plan to improve students’ learning and educational attainment. Formative assessment permits future ‘learning’ to be tailored to the learning needs of each individual child and teaching practices can be shaped towards fulfilling their full learning potential. There are several different types of formative assessment, for example: 1. Informal conversation between teacher/pupil 2.
“When mathematics is incorporated into a science lesson, the two disciplines complement each other in such a way that the learning of both science and mathematics is enhanced” (Sherrod, Dwyer & Narayan, 2009, p. 248). In the world student can develop a broader view of science concepts and how science connects to all areas of their lives not only in math but also in reading, writing, literature, social studies and language arts. Science and math connect in many ways. The thematic unit that I design will focus on exploring matter with a focus on percentages. The lesson on matter will concentrates on National Science Education Standards and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards.
support teaching and learning Unit 312 Support numeracy development Outcome 1: Understand current national and organisational frameworks for mathematics 1.1: Explain the aims and importance of learning provision for numeracy development The aims and importance of learning provision for numeracy development is to ensure that all pupils understand that maths is an important part of everyday life, and will continue to be used throughout their life. Maths is taught to children in many different ways, sometimes there can be too much emphasis on the recording of ‘sums’, if this is introduced to children too early it can slow down the pupil’s progress in thinking mathematically. Maths is now taught very differently to when I was in school, because there is more emphasis now in how you arrive at the answer and finding different methods of arriving at the correct answer particularly in the early primary phase. Showing the children different methods of arriving at the answer improves their investigation skills. The mathematics curriculum is intended to give the children a better understanding of numeracy.
This is extremely beneficial for the children as they were learning through play whilst enhancing their knowledge both in school and at home which improves results and higher achievement. The interactive whiteboard gives lessons a different outlook to the traditional method of chalk and talk as it helps aid visual learners whilst giving opportunity for class discussions and positive behaviour. Using the Interactive whiteboard gives a lot more opportunities for teachers to present their lesson plans, making it more motivating and interesting for the children and helps keep them more focused and interested in what their being taught. It is clear that ICT in schools when used appropriately is a positive resource for both teachers and children and will continue to benefit children’s personalised learning throughout the curriculum. Bibliography Duffy, J.
The aims and importance of learning provision for numeracy development. The curriculum provides pupils a solid foundation in all aspects of numeracy and a Key feature of developing skills in numeracy is for pupils to understand its purpose and be able to not only learn but also apply it to real life situation which is why it is important to establish mathematical skills at a early stage. In reception classes Teachers follow through a Foundation Stage Curriculum which includes problem solving, reasoning and Numeracy for pupils 40-60+ months old. In Key stage 1, numeracy skills are developed practically in shape, pattern, counting, sorting and measuring. Teachers plan activities in order to help the pupils develop mathematical skills through exploring, playing games.
I chose to focus on the PK-2nd Grade guidelines developed by NETS for Students. It is important to keep in mind that the profile that is set up for PK-2nd grade is meant as a guide for teachers to use as “indicators of achievements at this certain primary stage (“ISTE/NETS,” 2007) and it is based on the assumption or idea that these children will have regular access to several different types of technological tools. There is a multitude of technology that is widely available for the K-12 classroom. Software as simple as Microsoft Powerpoint and as complex as Auto CAD is available for every type of classroom. Hardware such as scanners, digital cameras, and flash drives are also a tiny handful of hardware that is available.
unctional skills provide students with the essential knowledge, skills and understanding that will enable them to operate confidently, effectively and independently in life and at work. (Functional Skills Update 2, QCA, December 2005) It is important to embed functional skills into teaching to give your learners underpinning skills. By doing this within the main subject the learning process is made more interesting. Within the teaching of Information Technology, functional skills could be incorporated in activities using word processing packages, spreadsheets, databases, The Internet, electronic quizzes, computer games, video and other forms of multimedia. By designing activities based around computers and technology, Information Technology learners will feel more comfortable and confident completing tasks.
Individual students will be using their iPads consistently throughout the day. They will be used across the curriculum with students blogging, interacting on our class wiki, and creating multimedia projects. In small group instruction, specifically Tier 2 instruction, the iPads will be used to differentiate instruction. During small group instruction I will using Apps that compliment our units of study. Some students made need help with basic math facts while other students are ready to do some enrichment problem solving with their mathematics.
I then of course have always had certain morals and ideas I believed were crucial to bring into the classroom, but now that I have become more educated on the subject of math which I can say that my outlook of teaching has opened up to a variety of different methods, “out of the box,” kind of thinking. I am a firm believer that all needs the tools and concepts to be the educator that all kids need to have so that they can carry on with these concepts throughout their lives as needed. The mentioned concept of the educator’s course has taught me not only the math concepts itself, but also different ways for me to teach a class and bring such concepts to life for my classes that I will hopefully teach. My goal is not to become a perfect educator teacher, but to do the best teaching I can do. By taking this course and knowing the following the Principles and Standards I will now be able to take what I’ve learned from this class and put it to use.
Mathematics is both a key skill within school and a life skill to be utilised throughout every person’s day to day experiences. Numeracy or Mathematics is a core subject in the National Curriculum and the school uses the objectives from this to support planning and to assess children’s progress. We also follow the EYFS Curriculum guidance for Mathematics. Teachers use long term planning to ensure coverage of all areas of the National Curriculum, medium term planning outlines in some detail the programme of work to be covered over a half term or term and short term planning looks at in detail what is to be taught on a day to day, lesson by lesson basis. Numeracy is taught on a daily basis, the children are split into ability groups for most of the numeracy lessons, but on occasion, maybe when doing a “math’s carousel” they will be either put into mixed ability groups or partners.