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Saturday
4 November 2006, The Moray House School of Education, The
University of Edinburgh
This year, the Mathematics Teaching conference provided an
excellent opportunity for those expressly interested in the primary
mathematics stages and the key ideas of developing mathematical
thinking. The keynote speaker was Julia Anghileri,
Lecturer and Principal Researcher in the Faculty of Education,
University of Cambridge. Julia's talk outlined and analysed
some of the most recent changes to numeracy teaching, particularly
in relation to calculation methods. By looking at some of the outcomes
of international research and at information resulting from national
assessments, she identified approaches that are effective in
moving pupils progressively from informal strategies to more structured
methods of calculating. Key to this are the ideas of developing
mathematical thinking rather than replicating the traditional methods
of past generations.
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Conference
Programme
| 09.30
- 09.50 |
Registration - Coffee
and Exhibition of Books & Resources
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| 09.50
- 10.00 |
Conference
welcome
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10.00
- 11.00
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Mathematical
Thinking versus Numeracy: What
Research Tells Us Julia
Anghileri, University of Cambridge
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| 11.00
- 11.25 |
Coffee
and Exhibition of Books & Resources
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| 11.30
- 12.25 |
Workshop
/ Discussion Forum 1
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| 12.30
- 13.30 |
Lunch (Coffee
and Exhibition of Books & Resources)
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| 13.35
- 14.30 |
Workshop
/ Discussion Forum 2
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| 14.35
- 15.30 |
Workshop
/ Discussion Forum 3
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| 15.35
- 16.00 |
Coffee
Closing
Remarks, Evaluations & Next Steps Patricia
Brown, Donna Heritage, Sheila Howat,
Tom Macintyre
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Workshops
Delegates
nominated five sessions from the Workshop/Discussion
titles A-K,
and three sessions were allocated to each delegate from their selection. Descriptors
of each session are published below.
| A |
Making
Maths Visible
Tandi
Clausen-May,
NFER
Children learn with all their senses. They
hear, they see, and they do. How can we
exploit their strengths to develop their love
and understanding of mathematics? Drawing
from her very successful book, Teaching
Maths to Pupils with Different Learning Styles, Tandi
Clausen-May will offer a range of activities
to help teachers to catch the interest and develop
the understanding of all their pupils, whatever
their abilities and aptitudes.
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| B |
Maths
Takes Shape
Liz
Meenan, Freelance
maths consultant
What
resources do
you use to
teach Shape
and space?
Ever thought
of using visualization
exercises,
video extracts,
CD-Roms, cross-curricular
maths, games
or easy mathematical
paper folding
which includes
making all
sorts of polygons
and polyhedra?
Come along
to this interactive
practical session,
have fun and
go away with
a range of
stimulating
ideas for immediate
use with your
pupils.
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| C |
Sum
Detective Roadshows
Sue
Macfarlane
Hands
On Problem
Solving Maths
Roadshow, full
of resources
and ideas to
convert for
your classroom.
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| D |
Curriculum
for Excellence
Deanne
Thomas, LTS
A
summary of
the type of
numeracy work
undertaken
by schools
in the first
year of the
Literacy and
Numeracy Programme,
other aspects
of the Numeracy
programme and
how the programme
connects to
A Curriculum
for Excellence.
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| E |
Representing
Ideas in P1-P7
Tony
Harries,
Durham University
An
interactive
session in
which we
will explore
a suite of
computer
programmes
designed
to help pupils
build up
an understanding
of basic
mathematic
concepts. Explores
representations
for addition/subtraction
and multiplication/division.
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| F |
Visual
and Interactive Techniques for
Mental Agility
Tom
Renwick, Mathsontrack
Many
pupils are visual
/ concrete learners,
and for numeracy
there are ideal
resources to
help meet these
needs. Tom Renwick
will share interactive techniques
with two such
resources, namely
the 100+ board
(so visual the
bairns cannae
miss it!) and
the on-line mental
agility support
from the Wee
Red Box (www.the-wee-red-box.com)
- being good
mentally = being
good at maths.
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| G |
Why?
What? How? Of the AAP and SSA4
Tom
Macintyre,
University
of Edinburgh
The
Assessment
of Achievement
Programme (AAP)
and Scottish
Survey of Achievement
(SSA) provide
the big picture
of progression
in mathematics
but raise questions
for the profession. WHY
are there inconsistent
patterns of
progress, as
pupils get
older? WHAT
are the key
areas to focus
on? HOW
can the survey
inform practice?
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| H |
Problem
Solving: A Whole School Approach
Sheila
Howat, Ormiston
Primary School
An
interactive
session that
will be looking
at how problem
solving skills
can be developed
throughout
the primary
school. Consideration
will be given
to learning
and teaching
approaches
using relevant
contexts in
order to enhance
motivation,
a determination
to succeed,
personal confidence,
individual
responsibility
and effectiveness
in contributing
to group tasks
and success.
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| I |
Maths
Recovery in Scotland
Penny Munn, University of Strathclyde
This
session will give a brief presentation on:
• The developmental stages underlying the maths Recovery diagnostic assessment
framework
• How
the diagnostic assessment differs from what teachers
normally understand by this
• How
the constructivist
teaching develops
out of the
diagnosis
• The
ways in which
Maths Recovery
is currently
being used
in Scotland
Short clips of illustrative videotape will be
presented.
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| J |
Automaticity
in Calculation
Peter
Shannon,
Boroughmuir
High School
New
evidence
will
be presented
to illustrate
the potential
benefits
to be
gained
from
improving
pupils'
automatic
recall
of number
facts.
The evidence
has been
obtained from
trials
carried
out in
a number
of primary
schools
in Edinburgh,
West
Lothian,
and North-East
England.
Suggestions
will
be included
to enable
teachers
to improve
their
pupils'
levels
of automaticity.
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| K |
An
Introduction to the Ancient Strategy
Game of GO
Peter
and Sheila
Wendes, Zen
Machine
The
session provides
an introduction
to the 3000
year old oriental
strategy game
of Go, as played
by Alan Turing
of Enigma fame,
and which featured
in the film
'A Beautiful
Mind' about
the life of
the mathematician
John Nash.
Go is the quintessential
strategy game,
elegant, subtle,
yet highly
accessible
to all ages
and abilities. Unlike
other strategy
games, Go has
a simple handicapping
system, which
means that
players of
all strengths
can enjoy a
challenge together. No
computer program
is yet stronger
than an average
club player.
No prior knowledge
is required.
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Conference
Steering Committee
Patricia
Brown, University of Glasgow
Allan Duncan, University of Aberdeen
Donna Heritage, Lasswade High School Centre
Sheila Howet, Ormiston Primary School
Elaine McLaughlin, West Calder High School
David Martin, Harris Academy, Dundee
Deirdre
Torrance, University of Edinburgh
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Conference
Planners
Lynne
McClure, University of Edinburgh
Tom Macintyre, University of Edinburgh
Ruth Forrester, University of Edinburgh
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Conference
Organisers
Professional
Development Office
Allan Shanks, University of Edinburgh
Linda Craig, University of Edinburgh
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