Welcome back from March break! We have added a series of Quick Image lessons to our math library designed by Jane Tom, a Grade 1/2 teacher from Pegamigaabo School (Big Grassy First Nation). In these Quick Image challenges, students are presented with an image for five seconds. They then have
By Dr. Bev Caswell This morning, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School (JICS) hosted a “Math Morning” that gave an opportunity for parents to see how math is taught and learned at JICS. It also gave me an opportunity to see the amazing math happening at the school!
Are you an early years’ educator looking for new ways to have kindergarten children demonstrate literacy and math behaviours? We have a new lesson in our library that uses children’s names to explore graphing. It’s engaging and fun. This lesson, by Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School teacher Norah L’Esperance, asks
A Forum celebrating The Math for Young Children – North West Gaa-maamawi-asigagindaasoyang Collective On June 1, the Robertson Program hosted a public forum highlighting the role of Indigenous educational leadership in improving the understanding of teaching and learning of mathematics. The event was a collaboration with the Indigenous Education Network, the
As the kickoff to this year’s OAME conference (Ontario Association for Mathematics Education), Zack Hawes (Research Officer, OISE’s Robertson Program) and Dr. Cathy Bruce presented to OMCA (Ontario Mathematics Coordinators Association). This also marked the official unveiling (unwrapping) of Taking Shape (Moss, Bruce, Caswell, Flynn, and Hawes). Members of OMCA
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Robertson Program for Inquiry-Based Teaching in Mathematics and Science and the Jackman Institute of Child Study) presented a three-day Coding in the Curriculum Workshop led by Dr. Brent Davis, Werklund Research Professor in Mathematics Education from the Werklund School of Education (University of
