Rx 4 Discovery Math II

Course description

This is a lecture and laboratory workshop designed to train educators to provide mathematical intervention in a group setting.

Rx 4 Discovery Math II is specifically intended for students in grades 6th-8th who would benefit from intensive, small-group instruction in mathematics with an emphasis on fostering self-regulated learning behaviors and beliefs, improving problem- solving skills, strengthening mathematical fluency, enhancing discourse and peer collaboration, building metacognitive skills, and improving non- cognitive factors affecting mathematical thinking and learning. 

RX 4 Discovery Math II supports educators in establishing classroom contexts that develop students’ self-regulated learning behaviors and beliefs. Students who are self-regulated apply knowledge, skills, and dispositions to engage in mathematics learning with confidence. 

The Rx 4 Discovery Math II training Purpose:

  1. To provide weekly, small-group mathematical intervention, including activities to strengthen mathematical reasoning, computational fluency, conceptual understanding, and self-regulation.
  2. To create a learning environment where mediation and discovery are the means by which students grow in their understanding of mathematics and of themselves as competent learners.
  3. To encourage a sense of belonging in each small group where cognitive functions are strengthened in a safe environment and collaborative academic struggle is embraced and seen as a way to strengthen thinking skills and increase individual confidence and competence.
Course Objectives

General:

Successful completion of this workshop will enable the educator to facilitate deeper mathematical thinking for students by understanding how to strengthen students’ conceptual understanding, computational fluency, and mathematical reasoning skills by developing self-regulation and cognitive functions through a safe mathematical community where productive disposition, self-efficacy, a sense of belonging and mathematical exploration is encouraged. 

Specific:

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

  1. Communicate an understanding of the differences between group and individualized interventions.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to work with groups of 4-6 students in the teaching of basic mathematical skills focused on number sense.
  3. Communicate the theories of mediated learning in a group setting
  4. Design a plan for group implementation that would meet the learning needs of specific groups of students.
Course Resources
  1. Rx for Math training Manual
  2. The Neuropsychology of Mathematics by Dr. Steven G. Feifer
  3. Coming to Know Number by Grayson H. Wheatley & Ann M. Reynolds – required text
  4. Number Sense Routines by Jessica F. Shumway
  5. Mediating Math by Sue Hutchison, Kathy Keafer & Pattie Perry
  6. Mediating Learning In and Out of the Classroom by Cognitive Research Program
  7. Playing with Math: The Name of the Game by Chris Horne and Steven Feifer
Course evaluation
Participants will practice the maths techniques with a small group and receive feedback on their demonstrations. Proficiency with number sense activities and the ability to articulate their importance will be assessed.
Rx 4 Discovery Math
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NILD's Philosophy:

Believing that all students can learn and that the brain is open to modification at all stages of development, we provide direct and focused educational treatment for cognitive systems that are weak and vulnerable

Rx 4 Discovery Math