Designing Purposeful Practice in the Mathematics Classroom: High-Impact Retention Strategies

Session Dates

Tuesday January 28, 2025 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM - PaTTAN - CENTRAL
Tuesday March 04, 2025 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM - PaTTAN - CENTRAL

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Elevate your mathematics instruction with this engaging training. Tailored for educators across all grade levels (K-12), this training focuses on equipping teachers with research-based strategies to enhance acquisition and retention of critical mathematical concepts and skills throughout the academic year.

In this training, participants will dive into the cognitive science behind learning and retention, exploring how students acquire and maintain mathematical knowledge. With a focus on practical applications, teachers will learn how to incorporate high-impact strategies into their classrooms, including blocked practice, spaced learning over time, interleaving, and retrieval practice. These techniques are designed to make practice sessions more intentional, engaging, and effective in fostering both initial acquisition and long-term mathematical understanding.

Objectives

By the end of this series, participants will:

• Gain a deeper understanding of the cognitive processes underlying the acquisition and retention of mathematical concepts.
• Learn when and how to implement more purposeful practice strategies, such as blocked practice, spaced learning, interleaving, and retrieval practice, to maximize student learning.
• Design and refine meaningful mathematics practice activities that align with these practice strategies to enhance both skill fluency and conceptual understanding.
• Integrate these strategies seamlessly into existing curriculum maps, scope and sequences, and instructional materials.
• Collaborate with peers to develop practical, high-intensity instructional plans that foster durable learning in diverse K-12 mathematics classrooms.

Target Audience

Special educators, General educators, Administrators, & TaC.
Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event. Contact: Sonya Barksdale, at 717-901-2268, or sbarksdale@pattan.net.