CHCEDS045 - Support student mathematics learning

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• contribute to the development of support strategies for two students who are at different levels of mathematical ability and adapt and incorporate strategies and resources appropriate to learner needs
• implement above support strategies on at least one occasion for each student and report to teacher on student outcomes to inform future planning.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• the role of education support workers in implementing planned mathematics activities with students
• differences between the roles and responsibilities of teachers and education support workers
• assessment methodologies and how they are used in mathematics:
• formative
• summative
• standardised testing
• key content strands of current mathematics curriculum:
• number and algebra
• measurement and geometry
• statistics and probability
• terminology and concepts associated with mathematics and numeracy as used by supervising teacher:
• vocabulary
• symbols
• displays such as graphs and tables
• units of measurement
• mathematical conventions
• factors affecting acquisition of mathematics skills:
• limited opportunities for practice
• health issues
• socio-economic issues
• home language other than English
• level of confidence
• planned or incidental learning opportunities
• questioning techniques that can be used to scaffold learning and assist students to problem-solve.