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Trusting the Count
Trusting the Count is a central pillar in the development of numeracy. Even late in their Primary years, some students still do not trust the count and as a result, experience frustration with maths. This leads to avoidance and dislike of mathematics. This course identifies why this is so and what to do about it.
This course is jam-packed with useful, practical and exciting content to help students become better scholars of trusting the count. Find colourful, effective and easy to make tool ideas to engage your students that will make learning fun and memorable. By joining the course, you'll also have access to a private Facebook group to discuss, share and ask Ann questions. This course is to replicate online what you'd otherwise get in a face to face workshop with Ann. Come and go as often as you like and participate at your own speed.
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Ideal for any teacher who needs to help their students learn to trust the count.
$99
This course has the following components.
1. Towards an Understanding of Trusting the Count: A close look at what trusting the count actually entails and some ideas about how to know which students do trust the count and which students don’t trust the count.
2. Conditions for Learning and Meaningful Counting: What conditions for learning need to be in place to ensure students have the experiences necessary to gain deep understanding and success with trusting the count.
3. Perceptual and Conceptual Subitizing: A detailed look at visual strategies that lead to flexible conceptual subitizing. an important aspect of trusting the count.
4. Magnitude and Estimation: Connecting counting and visual strategies to the ideas of comparing, quantifying and magnitude that are fundamental to the understanding of trusting the count and place value.
5. Signing Off using Formative Assessment: A look at formative assessment and how you know when to sign off with a student, absolutely confident that they do actually trust the count.
While the phrase trusting the count is not formally a part of the ACM, this course supports the teaching of numeracy throughout in the Primary Years.
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