Course

TERC - Reasoning with Ratios in the ESOL Classroom

$150 Enroll

Full course description

Adults encounter ratios and proportions all the time in news or media statistics as well as when estimating risk, shopping for the best deal, creating mixtures and recipes, or performing countless other daily activities. The ability to reason about these numerical relationships develops over a prolonged period and through deliberate exploration of the underlying mathematics. Language teachers can provide opportunities for students to encounter and expand their ability to reason with ratios in real-life contexts.

This course is designed for English language teachers who wish to deepen their conceptual understanding of ratios and proportions and to acquire strategies for helping students develop ratio reasoning skills. 

Description

This 6-hour, asynchronous course is divided into five core lessons on ratios and proportions. Each lesson contains math practice activities and lesson ideas for adult ESOL classes. You are also strongly encouraged to attend the community of practice virtual meeting. There, you will have the opportunity to ask questions, share ideas, and participate in activities as learners. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:

  • Identify contexts that involve ratios and proportions that would make sense in an ESOL classroom and use them to create activities/lessons
  • Explain what a ratio is and is not, and determine whether ratio reasoning is appropriate in a situation
  • Connect different types of mathematical comparisons to language structures
  • Explore the different multiplicative relationships in a proportion
  • Use concrete strategies to help students reason about ratios
  • Identify different ways of expressing ratios and how these can be used to persuade
  • Differentiate activities with open-ended math questions for ESOL learners

Many KeyweLearn courses may be available at no cost to current Adult Education Professionals in the state of Michigan through Michigan’s Professional Development Catalog. Please check the catalog before purchasing any course directly through KeyweLearn. By purchasing a course from KeyweLearn, you acknowledge that you have been informed of the potential availability of this course at no cost through Michigan's Professional Development Catalog and understand that EDSI is not able to offer refunds for purchases made outside of the Michigan catalog.

Many KeyweLearn math and numeracy courses may be available at no cost to current adult education programs funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) through the SABES Course Catalog. Please check the catalog or contact the SABES Math and Numeracy Team before purchasing any course directly through KeyweLearn. By purchasing a course from KeyweLearn, you acknowledge that you have been informed of the potential availability of this course at no cost through Massachusetts’ SABES Course Catalog and understand that EDSI is not able to offer refunds for purchases made outside of the SABES catalog.