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Learning Center Basics ... What are the three components of the Mathnasium Method? - 10 Rules of Engagement - Curriculum Icons - Mathnasium Vocabulary What are the 10 Mathnasium Rules of Engagement? 1) Use the Mathnasium Teaching Constructs. Use the Teaching Icons as guides 2) Do not repeat inefficient explanations 3) Reteach concepts if a student is struggling. Extend knowledge back to the point at which they were 4) Praise, encourage, and criticize 5) Use Socratic Questioning when it's appropriate. Use Direct Teaching when it's appropriate 6) Use Mathnasium vocabulary because it makes sense. Avoid confusing nomenclature 7) Use manipulatives and Desk Tools when appropriate to clarify and reinforce concepts visually. 8) Enable students to achieve metacognition, an awareness of one's own thinking process. 9) Require students to use mental math to enhance numerical fluency and limit reliance on pencil and paper 10) Master Team Teaching. List and quickly summarize all key icons: Quantity, Denomination, and the Law of SAMEness: Tells instructor to teach what is in the name Manipulatives: Instructor should use manipulatives to help student Bypass Page: Proof Bypass Page: Thinking in 10s: Instructor should use thinking in 10s strategy Draw a picture Wholes and Parts: When ascepts of wholes and parts need to be emphasized Complements: Whole minus part should be used to solve the problem Proportional thinking: This should be used while doing the work Direct Teaching Point out a Pattern: Student/Instructor should point out what being repeated in a set of problems Extending Knowledge: Instructor has opportunity to extend knowledge Place Value: Instructor should think of place value when teaching student Doubling: Should be used to solve the problem Mental Math Desk tools Counting Grouping: Grouping strategy can be used for work Use a calculator Socratic Questioning What does team teaching consist of? 1) Engage students at strategic moments 2) Interact based on student's needs 3) Disengages, leaving student with appropriate task 4) Walks around observing when not instructing Name and describe the steps of team teaching 1) Rotate and read the floor: - Watch for student indicators: Asking for help, staring off into space, distracted, talkative, not working, working on a page for a long time - Instruct multiple students, reactive and proactive engagements, 6 interactions per student, 3:1-4:1 ratio Team communication - When student doesn't get explanation, partially or completely corrected work, sensitive needs, when unattended students need help - Center Director should be told about behavioral problems, performance in school, need extra practice 2) Initial Engagement: - Record information for workout plan Ongoing Engagement - Update workout plan: Instructor's initial, homework spot check, tally of pages completed, Responsive engagement (see card below) Proactive engagement (see card below) 3) Interact with students Effectively Any engagement should be within the 10 rules of Engagement Guidelines for Instruction delivery - Sit across from student - Use a nice voice - Concise explanations (short, simple) Types of student interactions (see card below) 4) Disengage and Communicate - Before leaving student, leave them with a task (5 - 10 problems) - For students who don't want to continue work w/o instructor, tell them you'll be near to help if they need it, compliment their efforts thus far, offer extra punches, offer to play a game afterwards Document session progress on workout plan Communicate and Re-enter Rotation - Immediate concerns should be told to center director immediately Notes to Center Director - Summarize student progress - Actions needed for a student's learning plan Final Engagement - Have at leas a page w/ Mastery check - Write down any concepts or misconceptions for review in the future ("Things to work on next session" section) What is the difference between proactive and responsive engagement? Responsive engagement: Response to students in time, be genuine in helping the student Proactive engagement: - Seek opportunities - Monitor students - Follow-up on previously assigned tasks - Correct errors before they become habits - Intervene to correct behavior What are the types of student interactions? Normal instruction - Responsive or proactive - Determine teaching methods (socratic, direct, or both) use icons for visual cues as to how to teach - General approach to instruction 1) Show the student how to do it on one problem 2) Watch the student work on another exercise, correcting, commenting, or asking them questions when necessary 3) Disengage and give them some problems to work on Correcting student work - Pages should be corrected as soon as possible - Ask students to explain answers, even if it's correct - Spot-check written work while rotating around the floor; intervene if you see an error being made Mastery Checks Transitioning between activities Re-engaging a student What does the Number Sense Triangle consist of? Summarize each part. - Counting - Wholes and parts: whole = part + part...; part = whole - part + part... - Proportional thinking - Quantity and Denomination: How much of what (denomination = name) - The Law of SAMEness (can only combine things with the same denomination How can you help students achieve metacognition? How do you teach the Mathnasium way? - Help student at the right time - Assist/Teach student based on what they need - Leave student with a goal/task - Read the room; look to see if any students need help What are the five modes used to deliver the Mathnasium program? Mental: Doing math in your head Visual: Pictures Verbal: Direct teaching + Socratic questioning + asking students how they got their answer Tactile: Desk tools and manipulatives Written: Solving problem on paper What are the Three Stages of Learning Awareness, competency, mastery How is Socratic Questioning different from Direct Teaching? Asks questions to guide student v concepts of ideas to students What is "scaffolding" Progressively moving student away from being dependent on a teacher Name the three types of students. How would you encourage them to continue working? Unruly, distracted, unwilling: Talk to the student and ask them to go back to their work. Make sure they begin their work. If they are interacting with other students, move them Overloaded, fatigued: Take a break and play a game, or go do a topic that's more visual or interactive Quiet, shy: Check on them often, as they are usually too scared to ask for help What is smart counting? If given a row of numbers to add, see if you can combine some of them to make multiples of tens What are the Laws of Wholes and Parts? - Whole = sum of parts - Part = whole minus so