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Enhancing Math Instruction: A Professional Development Project for Elementary Teachers

This project aimed to deepen teachers' understanding of division, fractions, and decimals while training them on the use of a Livescribe pen for formative assessment. Thirteen teachers from grades 1-5, along with three math support teachers from Columbia, Maryland elementary schools, participated in engaging café-style sessions. Each two-hour session featured discussions and hands-on activities with manipulatives and NCTM readings. Surveys measured comfort levels with the Livescribe pen. Results showed increased content understanding, especially in decimals, and improved feedback capacity for teachers.

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Enhancing Math Instruction: A Professional Development Project for Elementary Teachers

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  1. ems&tl Math Cafes SorshaMulroe Jennifer Stairs Joan Tellish

  2. Purpose of Project… *Deepen teachers’ understanding of division, fractions, and decimals. *Train teachers on the use of a Livescribe pen for formative assessment.

  3. Project Description… • Participants • 13 teachers (Grades 1-5 and GT) • 3 Math Support Teachers • Location • Bryant Woods, Longfellow, Stevens Forest Elementary Schools all located in Columbia, Maryland

  4. Project Description cont’d… • Sessions • 2 hours • Café style (food + pd = math fun!) • 3 on the topic of Division, Fractions, and Decimals • Livescribe training and pencast assignments • Engaging lessons, NCTM readings, manipulatives

  5. Evaluation… • At the end of each session, participants completed an electronic survey using Google Docs.

  6. Our Data…

  7. Teacher Comfort Level with Use of Livescribe Pen

  8. Conclusion • Grant provided professional development in three challenging instructional topics in mathematics: Division, Fractions, and Decimals. • Teacher content understanding increased in all 3 content areas, however, decimals had highest increase. • Increase in teacher capacity to provide feedback to students with use of the Livescribe pen.

  9. Let’s hear from the teachers…

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