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BreakOut Session: Mathematics and Numeracy

BreakOut Session: Mathematics and Numeracy. Mike Czukar Craig Featherstone Chris Allen. What Are We Hearing? How Can We Help?. Session Goals. 1. To build questions that helps us prepare for math conversations based on an awareness of market issues.

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BreakOut Session: Mathematics and Numeracy

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  1. BreakOut Session:Mathematics and Numeracy Mike Czukar Craig Featherstone Chris Allen What Are We Hearing? How Can We Help?

  2. Session Goals • 1. To build questions that helps us prepare for math conversations based on an awareness of market issues. • 2. To position Pearson math solutions (resources and services) against these market issues and customer needs. • 3. To identify sales plans around mathematics in Spring 2014. Math Session 01/29/2014

  3. Equipped for Conversations: Discover and Qualify What are we Hearing? Math Session 01/29/2014

  4. Media Attention • Frontier Centre for Public Policy (www.fcpp.org) • Math Instruction That Makes Sense by Michael Zwaagstra (high school social studies teacher in Manitoba) – released September 2011 Western Initiative for Strengthening Education in Math (WISE in Math) (www.wisemath.org) • Sparked in September 2011 by Dr. Anna Stokke, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Winnipeg and Dr. Robert Craigen, Professor of Mathematics, University of Manitoba JUMP Math (www.jumpmath.org) • Dr. John Mighton, founder of JUMP Math and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto Math Session 01/29/2014

  5. What Are the Provinces Doing? • Western Canada • Manitoba – revised K-8 math curriculum in August 2013 with a strong emphasis on basic math skills; expecting an RFP for resources; provincial authorization of JUMP Math; heavy emphasis on teacher training • Saskatchewan – focus on teacher training and parent education; no changes to curriculum • Alberta – currently going through curriculum reform and new math curriculum expected in 2016 • British Columbia – currently going through curriculum revision (all subjects) with math expecting the least change. Focus on concepts and processes rather than factual content. New financial literacy. Math Session 01/29/2014

  6. What Are the Provinces Doing? • Ontario • In early stages of consulting experts on math • Early stages on curriculum revision but no major changes are expected • $4 million for teacher math training announced early January 2014 • Province will move to two-year program in 2015 for teacher pre-service training • Continued focus on EQAO testing Math Session 01/29/2014

  7. What Are the Provinces Doing? • Quebec • Canadian leader in math • Heavier teacher training (pre-service) – Quebec has a four-year math teacher course • Grade school teachers must take as many as 225 hours of university courses in math education whereas it can be as low as 39 hours in other Canadian jurisdictions • Quebec curriculum includes basic math facts (children must know their multiplication and division tables) and discovery-based learning Math Session 01/29/2014

  8. What Are the Provinces Doing? • Atlantic Canada • Newfoundland and Labrador – first Atlantic province to adopt WNCP curriculum (2007) • New Brunswick –adopted WNCP curriculum in 2007 • PEI – adopted WNCP in 2007 and will look at focusing on intervention in the early years • Nova Scotia – in the process of adopting the WNCP curriculum; just phased in Grades K-3 and 10 in 2013; 4-6 and 11 in 2014; and finally 7-9 and 12 in 2015 Math Session 01/29/2014

  9. Other Considerations • United States: • 45 of 50 states are implementing the Common Core State Standards • We may see a spillover effect of resources coming in from the US because there is a greater congruence with Canada’s pedagogical approach. Math Session 01/29/2014

  10. PISA Results • What Are They Referring To? Math Session 01/29/2014

  11. What is PISA (PISADay.org) • Programme for International Student Assessment • International assessment of 15 year old students • Covers math, literacy and science • Conducted every three years: last conducted in April-May 2012 and results were reported in December 2013 • Math was the major focus on the 2012 assessment • Total of 65 countries participated including all 34 OECD members (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development www.oecd.org) • Typically between 5,000 and 10,000 students from at least 150 schools are tested in each county; total of 470,000 students • Canada tested 21,000 students across 900 schools and all 10 provinces in 2012 Math Session 01/29/2014

  12. What PISA Tells Us • Canadian students continue to perform well in mathematics in a global context. • Only Korea, Japan and Switzerland outperformed Canada among OECD countries. • Among all 65 participating countries (including city-states), nine performed statisticallybetter than Canada. And the gap is widening. Shanghai-China Singapore Hong Kong-China Chinese Taipei Korea Maceo-China Japan Quebec Liechtenstein Switzerland < Math Session 01/29/2014

  13. Canadian Results Math Session 01/29/2014

  14. What PISA Tells Us • Canadian students continue to perform well in mathematics in a global context. • Only Korea, Japan and Switzerland outperformed Canada among OECD countries. • Among all 65 participating countries (including city-states), nine performed statisticallybetter than Canada. But the gap is widening. • Among all 65 participating countries (including city-states), eleven performed statistically as well as Canada. • Shape/Space is Canada’s weakest area. Netherlands British Columbia Estonia Finland Canada Poland Alberta Belgium Ontario Germany Vietnam = Math Session 01/29/2014

  15. Equipped for Conversations: Discover and Qualify Hearing the Research: Resolving the Math Wars Math Session 01/29/2014

  16. Researchers agree…. • Computational Fluency and Conceptual Understanding are both necessary. Math Session 01/29/2014

  17. Researchers agree…. Strategic Competence APPLYING Adaptive Reasoning REASONING Conceptual Understanding UNDERSTANDING Productive Disposition ENGAGING Adding It Up (2001) National Research Council Procedural Fluency COMPUTING Math Session 01/29/2014

  18. Researchers agree…. • Computational Fluency and Conceptual Understanding are both necessary. • Engagement, persistence and productive habits of mind are essential for success. • Leading math countries excel in application and problem solving – as well as basic facts. Math Session 01/29/2014

  19. Shanghai-China’s lead over the next highest performer (Singapore) represents the equivalent of a full school year • Some believe their results reflect rote learning and immense drilling for tests – this is not the case. • Over 30% of students achieved level 5 or 6 which means they can do tasks where they extrapolate what they know and apply knowledge in novel situations; • By comparison only 16% of Canadian students achieved these levels. Top Performers • Shanghai-China 613 • Singapore 573 • Hong Kong-China 561 • Chinese Taipei 560 • Korea 554 • Macao-China 538 • Japan 536 • Liechtenstein 535 • Switzerland 531 Math Session 01/29/2014

  20. Name that Grade Math Session 01/29/2014

  21. Name that Grade Math Session 01/29/2014

  22. Shanghai Gr. 1 Math Session 01/29/2014

  23. Canada Grade 1 Shanghai Gr. 1 Math Session 01/29/2014

  24. Researchers agree…. • Computational Fluency and Conceptual Understanding are both necessary. • Engagement, persistence and productive habits of mind are essential for success. • Leading math countries excel in application and problem solving – as well as basic facts. • Improving teaching – especially a teacher’s Pedagogical Content Knowledge – is the key to improving math education. Math Session 01/29/2014

  25. Discovering and Qualifying Math Opportunities • How can this information be used • to discover and qualify • opportunities in math? • What questions would you ask • to discover and qualify a lead? Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/00

  26. Equipped for Conversations: Qualify, Present and Close Pearson 2014 Solutions: How can we Help? Math Session 01/29/2014

  27. Professional Learning Sessions Framing Our Solutions • Dr. Cathy Fosnot– “New Perspectives on Learning Math” (2-day Institutes) • Early Number Sense, Addition and Subtraction (K-3) • Multiplication and Division (3-6) • Fractions (3-8) • Place Value and Decimals (3-6) • Early Algebra (6-8) • Conferring with Young Mathematicians • Dynamic versus Static Assessment • Intervention Models Math Session 01/29/2014

  28. Professional Learning Sessions Framing Our Solutions • David McKillop – Custom Sessions • Mental Math and Estimation • Problem Solving • Dr. Cathy Marks-Krpan • Creating a Culture of Math (based on Math Expressions) Math Session 01/29/2014

  29. Teacher Professional Resources Framing Our Solutions • Heinemann Professional List • separate list available • Math Expressions (Cathy Marks Krpan) • communication in math • Teaching Student Centered Mathematics (John Van de Walle) • new edition Math Session 01/29/2014

  30. Teacher Professional Resources Framing Our Solutions • NEW: What to Look For (Dr. Alex Lawson) • Coming May 2014 • Focus on early numeracy grades K-2 Math Session 01/29/2014

  31. Next Steps and Spring Math Plans Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/00

  32. Thank you!

  33. Math Session 01/29/2014

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