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Supporting Disadvantaged Students: Lessons From Liljedahl’s Work

Supporting Disadvantaged Students: Lessons From Liljedahl’s Work8 Dec 202532 min

Challenges teaching at a culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged school, building an action plan, gathering quality data, and overcoming the language barrier with a universal language: mathematics.

Dandenong Primary’s Assistant Principal, Terri Truscott, and AAMT’s Education Specialist, Denise Halliday, explore lessons learned in the process of implementing concepts from Peter Liljedahl’s fantastic ‘Building Thinking Classrooms’, metacognition, inspiring rich mathematics dialogue, using pre- and post-assessments, selectively responding to student questions, and more.

Key Links:

Check out Dandenong Primary School:

https://www.dandenongps.vic.edu.au/

Contact Terri Truscott:

Terri.Truscott@education.vic.gov.au

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