Course Listing

Cape Cod Two-Day Seminars

Develop Cardinality and Number Sense with Whole-to-Part Icons of Quantity, In-Person – Cape 2022

IN-PERSON COURSE LOGISTICS

• Delivery mode: In-person. All guidelines around Covid-19 protocols will be followed and communicated to participants.
• Attendance: Live, on the date and time listed in the course information section.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

A student with dyslexia who is confused by typical math instruction can excel when instructed in a way that always shows the big picture first, uses visual-spatial images, and examines directly how the parts are connected to the whole. This program is quite different from how most of us were taught math, and it is different from most modern curriculum approaches, as well. Number sense is developed by establishing a robust understanding of quantities so that their values may be compared. The methodology to be presented enables such comparison by limiting demands on language processing, working memory, and executive function skills.

Learning and memory research tells us that multisensory integration is absolutely vital for children who have learning difficulties, as well as the best way to teach all students. Experiential, gross-motor activities provide a powerful approach to interact with recognizable whole-to-part visual models. Students develop language skills necessary to describe math concepts and relationships as they perceive and process them. Simply put, students take patterns apart, then reassemble them while describing the process. Various games and activities involving both fine and gross motor skills will be demonstrated, and supported with free online materials.

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Show how to access and download online materials from the WoodinMath website
• Demonstrate how to prompt a student to produce oral addition and subtraction facts using a visual, or tactile-kinesthetic prompt
• Demonstrate how to prompt a student to perform a regrouping step using patterns of base ten manipulatives
• Assess whether a student is functionally fluent within a given addition fact family
  

LEVEL

This course is appropriate for educators at the elementary level.

MATERIALS

Materials will be provided on-site.

GRADUATE CREDIT OPTION

Participants may elect to add 1 graduate credit to this course. Graduate credit is an additional $125 and is granted by Colorado State University-Pueblo.