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Alignment in Mathematics Education

Alignment in Mathematics Education. John Mason (& Anne Watson) Friday 29 th Nov 2013. Alignment. assessment. pedagogy. curriculum. What to look for in mathematics lessons – practitioner comments. Conceptual understanding Procedural fluency Solving problems:

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Alignment in Mathematics Education

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  1. Alignment in Mathematics Education John Mason (& Anne Watson) Friday 29th Nov 2013

  2. Alignment assessment pedagogy curriculum

  3. What to look for in mathematics lessons – practitioner comments • Conceptual understanding • Procedural fluency • Solving problems: • Extending mathematical repertoire • Developing identification and application • Developing reasoning • Mathematical Thinking?

  4. Alignment in mathematics lessons • New ideas can be seen to build on prior knowledge when .... • New ideas might confuse students when .... • Teachers ask ‘why?’ when ... • A range of representations might be used when ..... • Lesson will be ‘stop-start’ rather than flow smoothly when .... • Written work may be rough when ... • Students may appear to be ‘off task’ when ... • Teachers may have to deviate from the lesson plan when .... • A lesson might contain no direct instruction when .... • Silent work might be used at the start when .... • A short test might be used when ...

  5. Sample task • What do you notice? • How might you account for it? • Can you begin to predict what is coming?

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