Materials used by students to visually represent their thinking and understanding of mathematical concepts.
What are manipulatives?
100
All students will have a deep understanding of mathematical concepts from which they can build procedural fluency, strategic competence and adaptive reasoning.
What is BWDSB’s math goal?
100
Professional Resource and Instruction for Mathematics Educators
What is PRIME?
100
Achieving excellence, ensuring equity, promoting well-being and enhancing public confidence
What are Ontario renewed education goals?
200
beginner, concrete, whole number, more abstract, flexible
What are the 5 phases of number development in PRIME?
200
An instructional strategy which invites students to adopt and defend the answer they chose for a multiple choice questions.
What is four corners?
200
activate, develop and consolidate
What is a three part lesson?
200
Achieving Excellence in Applied Courses
What is AEAC? or What is the provincial RMS secondary school reporting tool?
200
Specific, concrete measureable statements that describe what a success looks like when the learning goal is reached
What are success criteria?
300
Timed mathematics tests and over emphasis on procedures without conceptual understanding.
What is a cause of math anxiety or phobia?
300
An essential practice which uncovers student thinking and allows them to formulate and communicate their ideas.
What is accountable talk?
300
problem solving, reasoning and proving, reflecting, selecting tools and computation strategies, connecting representing communicating
What are mathematical processes?
300
A clear emphasis on high levels of achievement in literacy and numeracy is evident throughout the schools
What is SEF indicator 4.2?
300
The south.
What is the best area in BW?
400
A mechanism whereby Bluewater principals assess the overall impact of their Math Plan on student achievement?
What is check point data?
400
Novel, varied and challenging tasks designed to build strategic confidence and procedural fluency.
What is practice?
400
When numbers are used to measure variables such as characteristics, concepts or things.
What is quantitative data?
400
A common widespread method of teaching fractions that is research suggests may limit student’s conceptual understanding and procedural flexibility
What are fraction wheels?
400
The primary factor in sustained professional growth and a positive learning environment
What is the principal?
500
Singapore, Hong Kong-China, Quebec, Macao-China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, BSJG-China*, Korea, Switzerland, Estonia
What jurisdictions had math PISA scores in 2015 that were statistically higher than Ontario?
500
The kind and level of thinking required of students in order to successfully engage with and solve a task
What is cognitive demand?
500
Over generalizations or under-generalizations that cause errors in student mathematical reasoning or in carrying out procedures.
What are misconceptions?
500
A provincial resource which provides educators with practical advice on how to effectively teach the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum.
What are the Guides to Effective Instruction?
500
Problem-solving expertise, knowledge of effective school and classroom practices that directly affect student learning , systems thinking
What are the personal cognitive resources of effective administrators?