Chantal Brunet,

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Teaching and Learning Higher Level Thinking In
Mathematics
Chantal Brunet, Constance Gareau Elementary
Mathematics Consultants LBPSB
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Our goals for this workshop

• To help you have a better understanding of your
  childs learning in Mathematics The Why ? The
  How ? The What ?

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Going Back in Time

• What do you remember about your own experiences
  in math as a child?

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What Have We Learned About Mathematics Education

• Students must learn basics, but knowing the
  basics alone is not enough.
• Learning mathematics with understanding is
  essential to enable students to solve new
  problems.
• Students learn mathematics primarily by doing
  mathematics rather than just listening and
  memorizing.

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Hands-On Activity

• What do you remember about perimeter??
• What do you remember about the area of a
  rectangle??
• Let us compare solving a problem the old way and
  the new way!!!

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Hands-On Activities

• Mental Math Old Way versus New Ways

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Mental Math
Share your strategies.
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The Traditional algorithm

• 1
• 39
• 27
• 66

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Sample Responses
40 27 67 67 - 1 66
39 30 69 69 - 3 66
39 27
30 20 50 9 7 16 50 16 66
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Work Together as a Team to Support your Child in
Learning Mathematics
Student
Teachers Administrators
Family