In that case, my own personal inclination would be to ensure that my students
develop conceptual understanding of place value at that point — because that's what they need.
Focusing
on conceptual understanding honors individual learning differences, and means each student is allowed to «do what makes sense» to solve problems.
It's not just about always doing things with applications or always doing things
with conceptual understanding, but balancing all three along with cognitive complexity.
More than 80 percent agreed that the Common Core have potential to
improve conceptual understanding, increase student skill mastery, and create more meaningful assessments of students.
This engaging method for addressing higher order thinking skills is helping students develop basic foundational methods and
increase conceptual understanding in a truly cost - effective way.
Schools throughout the country are adopting small - group instruction for mathematics to
promote conceptual understanding, problem solving ability, and computational fluency.
The team
targeted conceptual understanding, key areas of focus, and a connection to previously acquired concepts and skills to develop the embedded rigor found in both programs.
While there are promising changes occurring in mathematics instruction, we still need to help both teachers and students develop a
more conceptual understanding of mathematics.
... not only
stressing conceptual understanding of key ideas, but also by continually returning to organizing principles such as place value and the laws of arithmetic to structure those ideas.
Although teachers work backward
from conceptual understandings in the planning process, it is vital we let students construct and express their own understandings!
Teachers are getting their heads around the content rather than spending time finding new and engaging ways to deliver the mathematics using relevant contextual tasks that encourage
conceptual understanding rather than procedural.
This level of adapting promotes developing missed skills, students have become even more successful, resulting in
conceptual understanding across grade levels and math topics.
Three of four hypotheses for
greater conceptual understanding were supported, with significant gains found in the ability to model functions, interpret functions, and translate functions.
Develop a «less is more» content mindset: fewer standards will result in the opportunity of time needed for deeper rigor and
conceptual understanding work with students.
«Teachers who are producing gains on the state tests are generally also promoting deeper
conceptual understanding among their students,» the researchers found.
The students still have to learn important facts and concepts, but the exams are designed to
reward conceptual understanding and analysis more than state exams have in the past.
She is a frequent invited speaker at regional and national conferences on the topic of formative assessment in science and teaching
for conceptual understanding.
Our mathematics curriculum and instructional materials foster
deep conceptual understanding required for successful future learning in high school and beyond.
The shifts to
more conceptual understandings of math and more critical analysis of complex texts have also created more anxiety in some kids, though other teachers have reported more student engagement.
A math learning curriculum that connects to coming assessments, it effectively
builds conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and college and career readiness.
At a strategic level, we advise the company on educational directions, like incorporating more
conceptual understanding across the curriculum, 21st - century skills, or environmental science.
Most of all, I love that the curriculum is grounded in the desire for students to
gain conceptual understanding of... Continue reading Concepts and the IB
Using their own curricular materials, educators create a complete instructional plan for
teaching conceptual understanding of fractions, ratios, and proportions for use in the classroom.
A blend of theory, research, personal vignettes, and practical strategies and suggestions, including a chapter on instructional strategies that
support conceptual understanding in science and the Framework for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning when using the formative assessment probes in the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series.
One of the leading resources in visual math instruction is ST Math, which is a great resource to use to supplement classroom instruction for grades K - 8 as it combines fluency and
conceptual understanding using graphically - rich animations.
Modeling with Mathematics: Provides hands - on experiences with concrete tools, mathematical representations and strategies needed to build and demonstrate
mathematical conceptual understanding.