COD 2008 - P086

Enhancing thinking skills while teaching Mathematics

Primary Teachers.

2 sessions, start: 03-Jul

Course detail

Year: 2008
Level: Primary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Laura Llobet
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 03 July 2008 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 03 July 2008 01:00 pm 04:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Laura Llobet

Laura Llobet completed 4 years of study at the "Instituto Normal" before being graduated as a Teacher in 1971. Has been teaching at state schools and at private, bilingual schools for more than 30 years. Attended different seminars on education and teaching strategies delivered by professionals from different countries (Britain, Spain, New Zealand, USA, Belgium) and organized workshops for teachers and for parents. Designed an on-line Maths Framework for English Teachers at bilingual schools. Is Maths Coordinator at The British Schools, in Montevideo, since 1988.
Primary Teachers.
- To provide teachers with tools that will enhance students' thinking skills.
- To learn and apply useful problem-solving strategies, focusing on the process and not on the answer in itself.
- To develop number and computation sense by exploring and investigating numbers in context.
- To encourage teachers and students to be confident but not mindless in their approach to written computation.
- To help students devise and learn strategies for estimating results and calculating mentally.
- Classroom practices designed to foster problem-solving skills.
- Understanding numerical operations and the relationships that exist between them.
- Teaching strategies for calculating and estimating results mentally.
- Which techniques can the teacher use to help students develop critical thinking?
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