2. Presentatie titel Effective Math Lesson Part 2
Rotterdam, 00 januari 2007
Otjiwarongo, June 2016

3. What is my age??? My age is a prime number
Six years ago my age was a prime number as well
and I hope to reach another prime number in
four years. This situation (6 years ago, 4 years to
go) happens only twice in a lifetime!!
Life begins at forty. If that is true, I am as old as
Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and
Jim Morrison when they passed away
Imagine an empty number line from 0 – 100.
I go to the middle and I make two steps of 10
to the right. I turn around and make 3 little steps
of 1 to the left. Now I reached my age….

4. Discussion: Why did I decide to start this workshop in this way?
What did this start do to you?

5. How to create a
challenging and
effective
math lesson?

6. Phase 1 Warming up Ideas for a warming up?
Criterions for a warming up:
Every learner must be able to participate
A warming up only takes a few minutes
A warming up is fun

7. Phase 2 Outline of the lesson to come Note:
If you come in a learning situation, it´s very important to know what the teacher is going to do. The contents of the lesson should not be a surprise for the learners.
Write down the outline on your blackboard or whiteboard. Brief and understandable!

8. Phase 3 Repetition (about 5 minutes)
Don´t think your learners never forget what they learned before! Illusion!
For instant: If you paid attention to the times table of 4, it is very essential to pay attention over and over: repeat and MEMORISE!
So, every day some (short) and oral repetition!!

9. Phase 4 - 1 Instruction time
Note: from research we know, grade 1 – 3 learners can focus and listen about 15 minutes.
If teachers talk too long, it is a sheer waste of energy.
Phase 4 is connected to phase 2.

10. Phase 4 - 2
To keep the learners focused, please pay attention to interaction:
Interaction while exploring the subject
Interaction during practice
Interaction during application
Discussion:
What is interaction?

11. Phase 5 Practising the problems you have learnt today.
It´s the teacher’s choice how to do this:
All by yourself
In couples or small groups of learners
Guided by the teacher
Note: There are intellectual differences between learners. Please give the smart learners the opportunity to start at an earlier stage with their ´today problems´!

12. Phase 6 - 1
Evaluation.
You will have to check if learners understand well what you, the teacher, told them today.
Classroom interview:
Please put open questions!
What was difficult today and why was it difficult?
Avoid closed questions:
Was it difficult today? …. Answer is yes or no!

13. Phase 6 -2
Evaluation
If your learners use workbooks to do their sums, it is possible to look after these workbooks.
Checking workbooks: Do it at random. Don´t check them all.
Make notes in your private administration what learners you checked.
Pay attention to all learners over a given period of time