Numeracy

Maths Pathway

Maths Pathway is a research-driven model that has been developed to support success for all students in Mathematics.

According to the 2015 Grattan Report: “Targeted teaching. How better use of data can improve student learning” (link provided below) achievement can be spread over 5 to 6 year levels within a single class. This can make catering to the needs of every student in the classroom extremely challenging. This is especially true when teaching by topic rather than required skills.

The initial diagnostics run via Maths Pathway identify each individual student’s current skills and knowledge and opens modules accordingly, as they progress and master skills further modules will become available. This system ensures that the work presented to the student is always accessible based on their current skill set.

The aim is always to master 100% growth each fortnight, which will mean they achieve 1 years growth within the 12 months. Whilst some students will achieve growth far beyond this others may achieve less than 100%, regardless all students are making measurable growth, at their own level and pace. 100% growth is achieved when 3 modules per fortnight are mastered.

Our teachers are continually aiming to find interesting and challenging activities to involve and engage our students.  Maths Pathway lessons are interspersed with Rich Learning Tasks and Projects along with targeted mini lessons. Our aim is to continually improve on our Teaching and grow as educators and as such we will continuously develop and refine activities and mini lessons to enhance the learning provided by Maths Pathway.

With respect to student motivation, our primary focus is on moving students to a growth mindset where they measure their own success via their individual growth rather than an arbitrary age based benchmark.  Regular feedback sessions are incorporated in the Maths Pathway Model with the purpose of focusing on moving students to this growth mindset and thus improving their own sense of self-worth and intrinsic motivation.

We hope that this information is useful to you. If you have further questions then feel free to ask your child’s teacher, or visit 'Maths Pathway Parent FAQ - Frequently asked questions resource for parents' at

http://tinyurl.com/faqparentmp

Helen James

Numeracy Specialist, 2018