Réseau de connaissances en mathématiques
See the new literature review and research study findings on Critical Transitions in Student Mathematical Development, Elementary to Secondary School by Daniel Jarvis and Tiberiu Veres (Nipissing University)!
Learn more about our Critical Transitions CoP on their page, and stay tuned for more resources!
Take a look at the two guides used by the GECDSB facilitators to lead the professional learning in their board!
The Moderating Mathematics Guide is a protocol for professional development in mathematics especially developed for the whole school inquiry or for work with teams of educators from across all grades. The goal of the Facilitator (e.g., Coach, Math Lead) is to support the school’s professional learning community until the group is confident enough to lead their own learning. Building educator efficacy and leadership is a central goal of this process and is what contributes to its sustainability over time.
The Professional Learning Facilitators’ Guide was used by the GECDSB Principals to support sessions on Number Sense, organized in their schools.
See more great resources from the Math Leadership Community of Practice on their page!
Content for this post was provided by Dragana Martinovic, Math Leadership CoP co-Lead.
In 2016, Eastwood Public School, an elementary school in the GECDSB, set out to develop an understanding of how Concreteness Fading could inform planning of tasks, lessons, and units, both within and across grades.
The goal of this inquiry was to look at the question: How is the pedagogical approach of Concreteness Fading applied in the elementary classroom? Many educators in Ontario expressed interest in this topic and were curious how the whole school inquiry may look.
To see the results of the whole school inquiry on concreteness fading, see the report prepared by our Mathematics Leadership CoP members, Dragana Martinovic (University of Windsor) and Heidi Horn-Olivito (GECDSB).
Want to learn more about our Mathematics Leadership CoP? Visit their page to see their plans, partners, resources, and more.
See the report on the Canada 150 Math Challenge prepared by our Mathematics Leadership community of practice!
This mathematics activity was initiated by the staff of Dr. David Suzuki PS in Windsor, as part of their whole-school mathematics leadership project. Check out the challenge tasks for Canada 150 of which most were developed by Kyle Pearce and Heidi Horn-Olivito from GECDSB, and enriched by many contributions across Canada.
Interesting findings emerged from the school data; students were interested and engaged in the activities with real-life data related to Canada’s anniversary. While this project enhanced Dr. David Suzuki PS students’ productive disposition towards mathematics, it may have also contributed to changing public attitudes towards mathematics, as it involved students, educators, parents, and communities across Canada.
Learn more about our Mathematics Leadership CoP here.
Content for this post was provided by Dragana Martinovic, co-Lead of the Mathematics Leadership CoP.
Check out these new resources from our Mathematics Leadership community of practice!
Visual representation of the recommendations from a research summary, created by Debbie Donsky.
More resources coming soon.
Want to know more about the Math Leadership CoP? Visit their page to learn about partnerships, activities, resources, and more!
