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Learning Processes Task Group. Chicago Meeting Progress Report April 20, 2007. Learning Processes Task Group. Contributing Members Dave Geary Dan Berch Wade Boykin Susan Embretson Valerie Reyna Bob Siegler Jennifer Graban, staff. Learning Processes Task Group.
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Learning Processes Task Group Chicago Meeting Progress Report April 20, 2007
Learning Processes Task Group • Contributing Members • Dave Geary • Dan Berch • Wade Boykin • Susan Embretson • Valerie Reyna • Bob Siegler • Jennifer Graban, staff
Learning Processes Task Group • Completed to Date • Principles of learning and cognition • Mathematical knowledge children bring to school • Math learning in whole number arithmetic
Learning Processes Task Group • Goals for the June Meeting in Miami, FL • Take comments and suggestions into consideration from other task groups • and revise three existing sections accordingly • Begin to make policy recommendations more explicit • New section on Social, Motivational, and Affective Processes
Learning Processes Task Group • Goals for the September Meeting in St. Louis, MO • Math learning in the key content areas: • Fractions • Estimation • Geometry • Algebra • Review of differences and similarities across race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and gender for key areas • Brain science and math learning