How can you guide students to build math concept networks that require deep, accurate understanding? In this workshop with Judy Willis, we’ll explore the information described in the mini-workshop “Learning to Love Math” with a deeper dive.
We’ll first examine strategies to reduce the stress that blocks participation and understanding. Additional insights come from the whys and ways to facilitate passage of the sensory input of new learning into short-term memory encoding. And as we recognize the effect of patterning on learning, and memory in general, we’ll explore ways to promote students’ understanding math as parts of a pattern.
With the goal of transferring knowledge beyond drills and applying them to applications, we’ll discuss interventions to boost understanding. You’ll explore examples of a variety of mental manipulations (e.g., student meaning-making) that promote the construction of conceptual understanding and durable long-term memory networks.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will
Develop deep understanding of the effects of emotion, stress, and math negativity on math success, as well as interventions for these problems.
Evaluate and apply strategies for foundational/fact information that must be that be memorized.
Recognize ways to use patterning power for all memory development and concept constructions.
Explore what current brain research tell us about the most effective approaches for math skill acquisition and concept development.
Feel sustained and encouraged as you help your students love math.
