Collaborating to Support All Learners in Mathematics and Science
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In this second volume of It's All About Thinking, the authors focus their expertise on the disciplines of mathematics and science, translating principles into practices that help other educators with their students. How can we help students develop the thinking skills they need to become successful learners? How does this relate to deep learning of important concepts in mathematics and science? How can we engage and support diverse learners in inclusive classrooms where they develop understanding and thinking skills?
In this book, Faye, Leyton and Carole explore these questions and offer classroom examples to help busy teachers develop communities where all students learn. This book is written by three experienced educators who offer a welcoming and "can-do" approach to the big ideas in math and science education today. In this book you will find:
- insightful ways to teach diverse learners (Information circles, open-ended strategies, inquiry, manipulatives and models)
- lessons crafted using curriculum design frameworks (udl and backwards design)
- assessment for, as, and of learning
- fully fleshed-out lessons and lesson sequences
- inductive teaching to help students develop deep learning and thinking skills in Math and Science
- assessment tools (and student samples) for concepts drawn from learning outcomes in Math and Science curricula
- excellent examples of theory and practice made accessible real school examples of collaboration -- teachers working together to create better learning opportunities for their students.
About this Author
Faye Brownlie has worked in staff development with teachers, schools, and districts across Canada, the United States, and internationally. She recently completed multi-year projects in British Columbia: the Leadership for Learning Academy, the DART (District Assessment of Learning Team) Consortium, and the Early Primary Reading Assessment Consortium; and in Latvia: the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Project. Faye continues to teach one day a week in the Richmond School District in British Columbia. She has co-authored many books for teachers. Carole Fullerton (formerly Saundry) has taught in elementary and secondary classrooms in British Columbia and Ontario in both English and French. A passionate mathematician, Carole has given presentations at Canadian, US, and international conferences on mathematical thinking, visualizing, and reasoning. In her work with teachers, she promotes a teaching through problem-solving approach to mathematics learning, using the Big Math Idea (backwards design) as a framework for supporting diversity and facilitating assessment for learning. Leyton Schnellert has been a middle and secondary school classroom teacher, and a learning resource teacher for grades K-12. Currently, Leyton is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of British Columbia-Okanagan. His teaching and research focus on inclusive education, student diversity, professional development, literacy, self-regulated learning, and inquiry-based teaching and learning. He continues to collaboratively plan, teach, and reflect with colleagues and students through research and consulting activities. On most Fridays, he co-teaches in BC and NT classrooms exploring responsive instruction and meaningful and engaging learning experiences for diverse groups of students. In 2013, the Canadian Education Association awarded him the Pat Clifford Early Career Research Award.
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