hello I'm Lee mcGarvie this video will
give you a
overview of the Pearson
to Grade three what it is how it works
and how it can help you in your
day-to-day life as a teacher so what is
The Learning Progression
the learning progression it's a research
based framework that provides the
backbone for the mythology teaching
resources it's also intended to be a
teacher friendly tool that I hope will
meet two important needs one is to
provide content knowledge of the concept
skills and procedures of early years
mathematics and 2 to increase
understanding of how students develop
mathematical thinking over time in the
development of this tool we had three
principles in mind mathematics is an
interconnected network of ideas it is
not a collection of rules procedures and
formulas to be memorized mathematics
learning involves an expansion of the
network of ideas and an increase in the
density of connections within that
network it is not simply an accumulation
of knowledge and finally learning is
dependent on how students make
connections between learning experiences
both past and present the roots of the
learning progression lie in an extensive
review of research and in particular
literature related to progressions
pathways and Continuum's of learning
that have been developed over past the
past decade in mathematics education
regardless of the term used this body of
research builds on an understanding of
the common paths of mathematics learning
the interconnected structure of
mathematics and also the way curriculum
has traditionally been sequenced in
general the learning progression is a
synthesis of research professional
development frameworks and curriculum
across Canada let's take a look at how
Structure
the learning progression is structured
it's built on this framework strands Big
Ideas conceptual threads and indicators
we used five common strands of
mathematics so it'll be easy for you to
see your curriculum in the progression
the progression has 13 big ideas with
five of these in the number strand two
for patterning and algebra two for
measurement three per geometry and one
for data management
and probability conceptual threads
provides the next layer of organization
these threads fall under the Big Ideas
and may cross into other strands they
represent the network of ideas that span
the early years you'll see actions such
as composing comparing partitioning
estimating and classifying but there's
other actions as well
the conceptual threads link the
indicators that are outlined next it's
here the indicators where you'll likely
focus the most indicators represent
concepts skills mathematical ideas in an
order that most students encounter
looking at how the indicators are
arranged allows you to see how concepts
grow over time and in complexity there's
two things to note about the indicators
Indicators
first learning processes such as
problem-solving and communicating are
assumed to be part of every indicator so
you won't see them listed separately or
necessarily even referred to in the
indicators second while indicators may
look like outcomes or expectations the
intent is different and they shouldn't
be used for assessment checkmarks will
look next at their place in the teaching
practice how you'll use the learning
progression is really your choice here
are some ways you might find helpful one
the learning progression gives you an
overview of the mathematics learning at
the primary level you can track growth
and development over time in terms of
both your students learning and the
mathematical concepts they X are
expected to meet in the early years the
shared language of curriculum and the
learning progression can help you
identify a related outcome or
expectation in any indicator you can see
what concepts come before that indicator
and what comes next key information to
help understand the intent and extent of
your curriculum finding an indicator
that matches your observations of
students understanding can help you
identify where they may be on the
progression their potential learning
gaps what you can do to consolidate
learning
and where they are expected to go next
for some students are ready for more
advanced learning the progression can
help you plan learning for these
students as well
all the while staying within the same
conceptual threat the indicators can
also help teachers assess student work
and monitor learning over time most
importantly the learning progression
helps you assess and differentiate for
individual learning needs well that
wraps up the video thanks for taking the
time to watch it we hope it's helped you
understand a little bit more about the
learning progression what it is how it
works and how it can help you in the
classroom
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