Reflection 2

Imagine you have been hired by a curriculum authority to create a new visual that represents the Working Mathematically Proficiencies. Upload your image/drawing to your journal platform. Reflect on its use as a classroom teacher. Support your ideas with literature. 

There are five key Working Mathematically Proficiencies and they are communicating, problem solving, reasoning, understanding and fluency. Communicating is guided to help students develop the ability to be able to represent language through written, oral or graphical form; used to formulate and express mathematical concepts. Problem solving allows a student to develop the ability to investigate problematic situation, make choices as well as make informed solutions effectively. Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of applying strategies in order to seek a solution as well as develop reasoning towards their answers. Reasoning allows students to gain a sophisticated capacity for rational thought. Their mathematical thinking will be used when they are faced with problems needed to be justified and conclusions to be reached. In regards to Understanding, students will be able to develop a strong foundation, enabling them to adapt to mathematical concepts. Fluency is related to developing individual’s procedural skills. They will become efficient in calculating answers and developing methods towards answering them.

It is my responsibility, as a future teacher; to create and engage students into thinking mathematically and critically through collaborative learning experiences. The above image will be displayed in the class, with each student’s name being placed in each cloud. This will represent how Working Mathematically Proficiencies are interrelated with student’s becoming “flexible and creative users of mathematics” (Monteleone, 2018)

Monteleone, C. (2018). Lecture 4: The Working Mathematically Proficiencies: mathematical thinking and the development of reasoning strategies for learning/teaching including literacy considerations[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://leo.acu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=23156