Resources
Deer Park/Sunshine Numeracy Leaders Network

Session 1: Simple Model of Memory

• Resources

  • Slides

  • Booklet

• Online reading

  • Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 (Department of Education, 2023)

  • Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work (Paul Kirschner, John Sweller & Richard Clark, 2006)

• Recommended books

  • ‘Why Don’t Students Like School?’ by Daniel Willingham

  • ‘Seven Myths About Education’ by Daisy Christodoulou

  • ‘Understanding How We Learn’ by Yana Weinstein and Megan Sumeracki with Oliver Caviglioli

Session 2: Structuring Lessons

• Resources

  • Slides

  • Booklet

• Online reading

  • Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 (Department of Education, 2023)

  • Principles of Instruction (Barak Rosenshine, 2012)

• Recommended books

  • ‘Rosenshine’s Principles in Action’ by Tom Sherrington

  • ‘Teaching Math With Examples’ by Michael Pershan

  • ‘Explicit Direct Instruction’ by John Hollingsworth and Silvia Ybarra

Session 3: Universal Screening

• Resources

  • Acadience Math

  • Concepts and Applications assessments (Aus. version): Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6

  • Benchmark data spreadsheets: Kindergarten / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6

• Online reading

  • Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 (Department of Education, 2023)

  • Using Assessments to Support an MTSS Framework (AERO, 2024)

  • Using Curriculum-Based Measurement for Primary School Maths Screening (CIS, 2024)

  • Screening That Counts: Why Australia Needs Universal Early Numeracy Screening (CIS, 2024)

  • Some Comply While Some Defy (Reid Smith, Pam Snow, Tanya Serry & Lorraine Hammond, 2025)

• Recommended books

  • ‘Making Good Progress?’ by Daisy Christodoulou