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MATH PERSPECTIVES INSTRUCTOR/CONSULTANT BLOGS
Lois Standley
Name:
Lois Standley
Location:
Bellevue, Idaho
Lois, a K-2 classroom teacher for thirty years, has traveled around the country working with teachers and leading professional development workshops for many years.
She was a 2005 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics teaching and received her Early Childhood Generalist from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in 2001. Lois has been active in working to improve math education in a variety of state and regional leadership roles throughout her career.
News from Lois:
For most of my thirty years in a first grade classroom, I have strived to provide a mathematics program that incorporates current research about what we know about how young children learn and one that supports each student's mathematical development.
I believe it is important for my young charges to investigate problems using mathematics manipulatives and other strategies to find out things for themselves. I want them to be able to clarify their thinking by talking to friends and listening to what they have to say as well as writing their experiences using words, pictures, and mathematical symbols. My goal is to have each student develop flexibility when thinking about and using number.
All children should be encouraged to think with numbers, ask questions, collaborate with peers, discuss their ideas, strategies and solutions, and justify their thinking.
Providing the best possible learning environment, instruction and curriculum for the students who pass through my classroom has been my professional goal. Helping others on a local, state and national level implement mathematical teaching practices that support young learners is, and will forever be, my passion.
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