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Exploring Concepts in Algebraic Patterning. Workshop presented at National Numeracy Facilitators Conference February 2008 Teresa Maguire and Jonathan Fisher. Outline. Supporting teachers with the ARBs (10 min) Patterns (35 min) Basic facts (35 min) Discussion (10 min).
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Exploring Concepts in Algebraic Patterning Workshop presented at National Numeracy Facilitators Conference February 2008 Teresa Maguire and Jonathan Fisher
Outline • Supporting teachers with the ARBs (10 min) • Patterns (35 min) • Basic facts (35 min) • Discussion (10 min)
Supporting teachers with the ARBs How the ARBs can be used to support teachers? • Animation / CD • Next steps booklet • Support material • Teacher information pages • Concept maps
Teacher information pages To do • Task administration • Answers/responses • Calibration easy (60-79.9%) • Diagnostic and formative information (common wrong answers and misconceptions) • Strategies • Next steps • Links to other resources/information and to concept maps
Concept maps • Provide information about the key mathematical ideas involved • Link to relevant ARB resources • Suggest some ideas on the teaching and assessing of that area of mathematics • Are “Living” documents
Concept maps For example, currently on ARBs • Computational estimation • Fractional thinking • Algebraic thinking
Concept maps Under development for ARBs • Algebraic patterns • Basic facts
Patterns A bit about our research Shapes Beads Sticks Machines
Sticks Beds Flats Xmas Trees
Assessment Resource Banks www.arb.nzcer.org.nz Username: arb Password: guide