Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

K-6 Maths resource creator for @Learn4Teach | Lead maths consultant | 35 years of successful experience in Australian education leadership and alearningplace.com.au Sydney Australia Joined April 2011

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

Multiplying by 10 Multiplicatively means the digit moves into the column on the left - regardless of whether it's a whole number or a decimal fraction. No need for non-mathematical rules that cause confusion. alearningplace.com.au www/relationalmathematics.com.au

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

Telling students to start with the big number and take away the small number to subtract, is a rule that expires and causes confusion later. Instead, have students identify which group give them ENOUGH to take away the other group alearningplace.com.au relationalmathematics.com.au

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

Explicitly teaching students the 2 ways divide throughout primary schools makes dividing by whole numbers efficient, and allows students to divide by fractions in high school without going instrumental. This quick (3 min) video explains all simply! youtube.com/watch?v=Sa9unH…

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

Many students think additively about fractions (1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2) instead of multiplicatively (1/4 = 1/2 x 1/2), and so their understanding plateaus, becomes instrumental or non-existent. Unless we explicitly teach students to think multiplicatively, many will think additively.

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

We don't remember a time when we couldn't count so we don't remember how difficult it is. Let's look at it through a beginner's mind!

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

Thinking Multiplicatively about multiplying decimals by 10 using Multiplicative Place Value - decimal points can't move! Students begin to think multiplicatively about decimals in Year 4. relationalmathematics.com.au alearningplace.com.au

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Carol Spencer @Carol_Learning

a year ago

Thinking Multiplicatively about multiplying by 10 using Multiplicative Place Value. If you asked your students what they think about multiplying by 10, would they explain it mathematically and multiplicatively? Students begin to think multiplicatively in Year 3.

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A Learning Place A Teaching Place @Learn4Teach

2 years ago

SUBTRACTION MISCONCEPTIONS are caused by teaching students non-mathematical ‘rules’, including: 📌Rule 1: When we subtract, we start with the big number and subtract the small number. 📌Rule 2: When we subtract, we get smaller. NOPE and NOPE!

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A Learning Place A Teaching Place @Learn4Teach

2 years ago

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A Learning Place A Teaching Place @Learn4Teach

2 years ago

🎉 Celebrate the launch of our new teaching resource site! Check it out now and discover a wealth of engaging materials to help your students succeed.👀✨ ------------------ #alearningplaceateachingplace #newsite #maths #mathematicsforlife #mathematicsstudent

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A Learning Place A Teaching Place @Learn4Teach

2 years ago

If differentiation to every student to investigate at their leading edge is to be a reality, we need some research-informed practical strategies💡 to embed authentic, inclusive student-led differentiated learning into every lesson. How?🤔 (1/6)