1. MATHEMATICS IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT Our math’s evening

2. What is Mathematics and Statistics?
The NZ curriculum describes maths as "the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in quantities, space and time" and
statistics as "the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in data."

3. Why did it change? Rote skills but no understanding:
The numeracy project came about between

4. Teachers learnt a lot about how children best learn AND THINK
What were the benefits?
Teachers learnt a lot about how
children best learn AND THINK
Number knowledge
Number strategy
TRY THIS
At the car park there are 12 cars in each row. How many cars would there be in five rows?

5. Children’s explanations?
One involves adding
One involves using known times tables
One involves knowing how numbers work

6. How can a focus on children’s thinking help?
Notice what students’ can do
Make decisions based on what students’ know
Press for understanding

10. But it needed to evolve. Things were missing - mindsets about maths

11. With this thinking we are looking differently about how we deliver maths to kids.

12. We need to move from maths as a set of calculations to:
Maths related to play
Maths related to the world around us
Maths related to our topics we are studying
Maths with a purpose
Numbers in statistics, measurement, geometry

13. But what about basic facts
Never throw out the baby with the bath water
Maths knowledge is needed (ordering numbers, knowing place value, and basic facts)
BUT using it or thinking is MORE important.

14. What else has evolved? Number talks

15. WE ARE ON THIS JOURNEY AS: A Community who learn and grow together

16. www.nzmaths.co.nz/families Jo Boaler videos Youcubed
Where to learn more
Jo Boaler videos
Youcubed

17. Thanks!
Any questions?
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