The OISE library was abuzz with mathematics learning this morning as OISE’s second year Master of Arts Child Study and Education (MA CSE) teacher candidates presented their final Mathematics Inquiry Projects to teachers, principals, and district leaders at a math mini-conference organized by Dr. Bev Caswell and the Robertson Team. Over three months, teacher candidates developed expertise in an area of mathematics that was of interest to them. They developed 20-minute interactive math workshops based on their inquiry work. Read the teacher handouts on our Exploring Math Concepts through an Inquiry Lens page.
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- MA students present on teaching math through guided discovery
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- MA students give ideas about making math reflective of the real world
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- Differentiation and Assessment in Math
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- MA students present ideas on how to help students with learning disabilities in math
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- Guests learn about using cross-curricular activities to learn math
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- Guests participate in the Math Anxiety workshop
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- Teaching Number Sense with an AL Abacus
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- Supporting Second Language Learners in Math
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- Guests participate in the math and movement workshop
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- Participants use Ozobots to learn about robotics education
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- A crowd participates in the Understanding Zero presentation
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- Educators learn how to help students master long division
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- Dr. Bev Caswell welcomes the group to our conference
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- A crowd gathers to learn about using number lines to support mental math strategies
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- MA students demonstrate ways of avoiding gender stereotypes in math
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- Educators hear about the influence of growth mindset in math
This assignment provided an opportunity for students to become experts and authentically contribute to mathematics education and teacher professional development. Many thanks to Robin Bennett for inspiring us with the idea for this assignment. And a huge thank you to Larisa Lam and Zach Pedersen for organizing and ensuring the success of this event.
We truly appreciate and thank all the teachers, principals, and district leaders who took the time to attend this conference and for providing teacher candidates with an authentic audience. Finally, a very special thank you and congratulations to OISE’s second year MA CSE teacher candidates who worked tirelessly researching, developing content knowledge and designing such stellar workshops their knowledge on their topics! See below for a list of the topics.
What participants had to say
-Ken Pettigrew, Principal in Leadership Development |Mathematics | First Nations Métis and Inuit Education|
York Region District School Board
-Evita Strobele, Branksome Hall
-Tanya Demjanenko, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, Grade 5 Teacher
-Kathryn O’Brien, Upper Canada College, Grade 4 Teacher
Topics explored at our event
- long division
- learning disabilities in math
- teaching math through guided discovery
- developing number sense and using an AL abacus
- growth mindset
- math in real world contexts
- differentiation and assessment
- supporting second language learners in math
- robotics
- math anxiety
- understanding zero
- math and creative movement
- cross-curricular activities to learn math
- using number lines to support mental math
- gender stereotypes
