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Active methodologies to enhance numeracy and literacy in the business suite of subjects 12 th October 2011. rachelfarrell@pdst.ie. PISA Report. All teachers are responsible. Literacy. Numeracy. Engage with text print & electronic. “Mathemising” real world problems.

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  1. Active methodologies to enhance numeracy and literacy in the business suite of subjects 12 th October 2011 rachelfarrell@pdst.ie

  2. PISA Report All teachers are responsible Literacy Numeracy Engage with text print & electronic “Mathemising” real world problems

  3. ESRI - findings from a recent report • Performance in LC English & Maths…..prediction of performance at 3rd level …..

  4. Strategies for change • Whole school agreed terminology • Pre-teach (key words & terminology) • Select areas of your subject that are maths based • Don’t assume it is done in maths class • Celebrate maths week in all subjects • Be aware of your students ability

  5. Strategies for change • “SMOG test” text books • Pre-teach (key words & terminology) • Marking policy • Print rich environment

  6. Checking a text for readability

  7. Financial Literacy

  8. Immigrant Students • 12% of primary students • 9% of post primary students • Singletons – going back home • Families tend to stay • By 2020 there will be 2nd generation • Research to suggest they will find school even more challenging

  9. Immigrant Students • Mother tongue NB for emotional & cognitive development • Social language – up to 3 years • Academic language – 5 to 8 years • Encourage students to write extra notes in their own language • Discuss their culture & heritage…….

  10. Using pictures where possible to explain words is language neutral!!

  11. Strategies for change • Differentiation (must, should, could, learning targets) • Resources (word walls, cloze tests, graphic organisers, mind/word maps, JCSP initiatives) • Methodologies (cooperative learning, pair/share)

  12. Strategies for change • High expectations............. ESRI 2009

  13. Strategies for change Reading • Skim – look at cover, headings…savour • Scan – particular info • SQ3R – Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review • BUG - Box, Underline, Glance

  14. Action • From passive: Listening & reading • To active: Speaking & writing • From “Assessment of Learning” • To “Assessment for Learning” “you cannot fatten a pig by weighing it!” NCCA AFL

  15. Assessment for Learning (AfL) • Is using assessment in the classroom as a tool to improve students’ learning, characterised by • Sharing learning goals with students • Help students to know the standards… • Involve students in assessment • Provide feedback – close gap in knowledge • Give confidence • Adjust teaching

  16. Assessment for Learning (AfL) Key principles • Part of effective planning • Focuses on how to learn not what to learn • Central to classroom practice • Is a key professional skill • Sensitive & constructive • Fosters motivation • Outlines goals & criteria to learners • Helps them know how to improve • Develops a capacity for self assessment • Recognises all educational achievement

  17. Action • Scaffold • Teach to fluency – repetition • Challenge • Higher order questions • Evaluate, discuss • Critical thinkers!!

  18. Research on self Evaluation • Experiences from Ireland & Iceland • Emerging models of SE – respect for many forms of data • External steering less important than staff attitudes, democratic leadership….. • External evaluation = accountability • Internal self evaluation = capacity building Gerry McNamara et al.

  19. Information collected at the school level is likely to be of limited utility without comparable information on the national context . . • Such approach would require information on pupil ability at the point of entry and • additional information (e.g. through surveys) on pupil background. • This information could be used by the school itself in setting targets for improvement and in monitoring the introduction of new programmes or teaching methods. (Smyth 1999, 226)

  20. Data Analysis • 1st year assessments • Reading Age • Junior Cert • DATS for Guidance • Leaving Cert • Track progress • Excel – trend graphs of grades

  21. Career Guidance in some schools...... • Tracks each students progress • Factors in: • Attitude, Attendance, Aspiration • Strategy – concentrate on 6/7 subjects • TY students – higher attainment

  22. Improving professional practice • School policy • Dissemination of sensitive data • Training • Targets • Evaluation

  23. Comparisons with national average

  24. Comparisons with national average

  25. SCOT Analysis

  26. Career Guidance • Tracks progression to 3rd level • Recession – major factor ESRI - findings from a recent report Performance in LC English & Maths…..prediction of performance at 3rd level …..

  27. THE TYRANNY OF NUMBERS “Not everything that counts can be counted. And not everything that can be counted, counts.” Albert Einstein

  28. Schools can make a positive difference to students engagement and performance. “….by using diverse teaching methods to actively engage students in learning,…and by promoting a positive climate with good relations between teachers and students. Emer Smyth (ESRI) 2009

  29. If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito.

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