STLinSTL 2018

Traditional curriculum focuses on rules and procedures with little attention paid to the conceptual relationships of mathematics and mathematics is a language of conceptual relationships. Traditional curriculum often assumes the deep understanding of concepts, and fails to teach for transferability, or to consider context.

With the exponential growth of information and knowledge students need to move to a higher level of abstraction. We need to develop students' ability to critically think and reason, in order to solve complex problems and create new ideas.

This workshop will cover the concept based curriculum design model specifically for mathematics and address the following questions:

• Why is it important for students to learn conceptually?
• What are the facts, processes and concepts in mathematics?
• How do I craft generalizations in mathematics?
• How do I craft quality guiding questions?
• How do I plan units of work for concept-based mathematics curriculum?
• How do I captivate and engage students? Practical strategies for creating rich learning experiences in the classroom
• How do I integrate technology to foster conceptual understanding?