TARGETED TEACHING IN MATHEMATICS K-6

This year our teachers have engaged in professional learning to improve student outcomes in Number, with a particular focus in Place Value. 

'Place value is an important foundational area of Mathematics that underpins the development of more complex skills, including addition and subtraction, ‘decimals, and multiplicative thinking.'                                                                                                                                                Siemon et al (2011)

Targeted teaching refers to an instructional approach that focuses on the specific needs of individual students or groups of students. When applied to the concept of place value in Mathematics, the data has shown us that targeted teaching has had positive impacts on student learning outcomes. As a result, the majority of students have made significant progress in this area. 

Thanks to all the teachers for their hard work in implementing this approach in teaching Place Value. It has resulted in an improvement in other areas of Mathematics too. 

Congratulations to the majority of our students for their efforts to improve in this area.