Monday, May 5, 2008

Numeracy blocks

Researching Numeracy Teaching Approaches in Primary Schools
action plans
http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/048F6AEA-FDEA-4138-A2B3-3C917103299F/4541/Appendix_2.pdf

ELNO - Balanced Numeracy

http://www.det.act.gov.au/teaching_and_learning/literacy_and_numeracy/early_literacy_and_numeracy_officers_elno/elno_-_balanced_numeracy

Numeracy block - sample

http://scnumeracyplan.wikispaces.com/Numeracy+Block+-+Sample

TC491 Learning and Teaching Mathematics:
lesson planning

http://uob-community.ballarat.edu.au/~jomeara/pete/GDE/Lesson%20Plan-%20Mathematics.doc

Refugees

Planning the learning environment for refugee background students, PEN 162, pp 1-8.

The following book is available:
A guide to working with young people who are refugees,: strategies for providing individual counseling and group work, The Victoria Foundation for Survivors of Torture, Inc, Parkville, Victoria, 1996.

Digital education

Ten tips for Digital movie-making, NSWCEG newsletter, Term 1, 2008, p 2.

Student perceptions of IWB’s as a teaching and learning medium, Australian Educational Computing, Vol22, No 2, Dec 2007, pp 10-15.

Through the maze: social bookmarking for a real network, Professional Educator, Vol 7, No 1, Apr 2008.

Mathematics

Connecting classrooms: the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has developed a range of learning objects to support the teaching of mathematics k-6 syllabus, EQ Australia, Autumn 2008, pp 46-48..

Making research accessible: essential mathematics research, essential mathematics practice, Square One, Vol 17, No 4, Dec 2007. pp9-12.

Virtual manipulatives on the interactive whiteboard, APMC, Vol 13, No 1, 2008, pp 9-14.

Creating or selecting intervention programs, NCTM bulletin, Mar 2008, p 4.

Searching for the right answers (exploration of need to develop maths programs to meet the needs of the indigenous community, EQ, Autumn 2008, pp 24-26.

Websites:
Investigating learning objects in Mathematics K-6

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/mathematics/k6/learningobjects/index.htm

Mathematics intervention resources website
www.nctm.org/intervention.aspx

Assessment

Using assessment data to enhance you reading program, Connected Newsletter, Mar 2008, pp4-6.

The following book is available for loan:
Transformative assessment
James Popham
ASCD: Alexandria VA, 2008

"This book is the place to start for educators considering formative assessment, curious about why their school system is embracing formative assessment, or wondering why the "formative assessments" they're using aren't producing the desired results."

Religious education

Making god known, loved, and served: the future of catholic primary and secondary schools in the United States, Catholic Education: A journal of inquiry and practice, Vol 11, No 3, Mar 2008, pp 276-312.

Teaching and Learning

Motivational pedagogy: locking in the learning, The Australian Educational Leader, Vol 30, Number 1, 2008, pp 22- 27

K-12 education
P-16 Education – Special issue on the potential effects of a vertically integrated education system, Phi Delta Kappan, March 2008

Professional learning

Reflect and learn, Teacher, April 2008, pp 36-37.

Special education

‘Meeting initial needs in literacy’ (MINILIT): A ramp to MultiLIT for younger low-progress readers, Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol 12, No 2, 2008, pp 67-72.

Asperger’s coming out of our ears: making sense of a modern epidemic, ANZJFT, Vol 29, No 1, Mar 2008, pp1-9.

Planning the learning environment for refugee background students, PEN 162, pp 1-8.

Literacy

‘Meeting initial needs in literacy’ (MINILIT): A ramp to MultiLIT for younger low-progress readers, Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol 12, No 2, 2008, pp 67-72.

Using assessment data to enhance you reading program, Connected Newsletter, Mar 2008, pp4-6.