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!
First year students in the Master of Arts in Child Study and Education Program here at JICS (OISE, University of Toronto) developed quick math lessons as part of the Introduction to Curriculum: Mathematics course taught by Dr. Bev Caswell and JICS teachers Carol Stephenson, Zoe Donoahue, Lisa Sherman, and Ben Peebles. These
Much of our team’s research and teacher professional development this year focuses on finding ways to develop children’s spatial thinking – a skill that is connected to achievement in science, technology, engineering and math (known as the STEM disciplines). We are pleased to share a recently published article that describes
