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Showcasing the AICS Numeracy Portal Kaye Treacy & Kim McHugh. Aboriginal Independent Community Schools (AICS). Independent community schools. Kindergarten – Year 12 students. Teachers – mostly graduates. Students mostly speak English as a second or third language.
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Aboriginal Independent Community Schools (AICS) Independent community schools. Kindergarten – Year 12 students. Teachers – mostly graduates. Students mostly speak English as a second or third language. Schools are members of the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia.
AICS Numeracy Strategy Recognising and accommodating students’ starting points Language Contexts Cultural Knowledge Mathematics Content Knowledge Preferred ways of learning
Focus of AICS Numeracy Strategy • Using data to work out what to teach. • What do students know already? • What do students need to learn next? • Supporting teachers to be more efficient and effective in their teaching.
Resources Developed - Critical Aspects of Numeration • Includes: • Reading Numbers • Writing Numbers • Saying Number Sequences • Subitising • Partitioning • Counting collections • Place Value
Making Connections • Materials & diagrams • Visualised materials & diagrams
Resources Developed - Critical Aspects of Calculations • Includes: • Basic Facts • Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division • Mental, written and calculator strategies • Choosing the appropriate strategy • Judging reasonableness of answers
Students have improved • Data from 750 students across three years. • Data in all of the critical aspects of Numerationand Calculations. • Baseline data is in Numeration.
All Students: Kindergarten – Year Twelve • Reading Numbers Year Three Students Year Eleven Students
All Students: Year 2 – Year 12 Year 11 Students Place Value
Data Output Kim
Introducing AICS On-Line AICS On-Line can be used to • Assess • Plan • Teach. It includes: • Scope and Sequence - Critical aspects of number curriculum • Assessment Tasks • AICS Numeracy Tracking Tool or theANTT • Mathematics • Activities • Planning proformas • Australian Curriculum Links
http://numeracy.aicsportal.ais.wa.edu.au/ • Username: AICSNumeracy • Password: BuunjiTrial
What does it look like in the classroom? • Teachers and Aboriginal Education Workers using the mathematics section to get a better understanding of the mathematics that they are teaching.
1 to 1000 chart made by students Student’s place mat
Kaye Treacy • ktreacy@ais.wa.edu.au • Kim McHugh • kmchugh@ais.wa.edu.au • http://www.teachlearnshare.gov.au/Strategy/