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IIS: Section II: How the IMP Curriculum Is Different - 0 views

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math curriculum application problem centered methodology integrated

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 08 Oct 13
     
    It is problem-centered. It is integrated. It expands the content scope of high school mathematics. It focuses on developing understanding. It includes long-term, open-ended investigations. It can serve students of varied mathematical backgrounds in heterogeneous classrooms. The IMP curriculum is problem-centered. Units of the IMP curriculum generally begin with a central problem or theme. Students explore and solve that problem over the course of the unit. How long does it take for a 30-foot pendulum to complete twelve periods? How can you predict the length of a shadow? What is the best design for a honeycomb? What is the probability that the baseball team currently in the lead will win the championship, given the current record of its closest rival? What's the best way to resolve the conflicts of a particular land-use situation within the constraints of competing political and social forces? When should a diver be released from a rotating Ferris wheel in order to land safely in a moving tub of water?
Rebecca Patterson

Assessment Consortium Releases Math Content Specifications - Curriculum Matters - Educa... - 0 views

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mathematics education standards assessment math curriculum

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  • The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium has released its content specifications in math.
  • • #1: Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency. • #2: Students can frame and solve a range of complex problems in pure and applied mathematics. • #3: Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others. • #4: Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.
  • a new draft will be issued for comment on Sept. 19. That's the day that comment on the first-round math content specifications is due as well.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 04 Sep 11
     
    Wondering if this is like standards or is it more of an assessment?
Rebecca Patterson

E-rate Goes Mobile - 0 views

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mobile education Internet learning tools

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  • Twenty participants in 14 states, including districts, individual schools and town libraries, were chosen to receive a portion of a $9 million grant from the FCC to fund their mobile learning initiatives that will provide students Internet access during after-school hours on mobile learning devices.
  • Participants for the program, officially known as the E-Rate Deployed Ubiquitously Wireless Pilot Program, were chosen based on how innovative and comprehensive their mobile plans were.
  • San Diego will receive support to integrate 24/7 online learning into its entire curriculum to serve 6th graders in 10 middle schools. Each student will receive a laptop with wireless connectivity, providing them access to the online curriculum beyond school hours.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 09 Sep 11
     
    More technology through grants. This time it's 6th grade.
Rebecca Patterson

How Einstein Started Solving Its Math Problem - voiceofsandiego.org: Schooled: The Educ... - 0 views

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  • Einstein's students were developing too many shortcuts and not enough understanding.
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      Rebecca Patterson on 01 Jan 11
       
      Number sense.
  • While 71 percent of its fourth graders meet state math goals, only 17 percent of its 11th graders do.
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      Rebecca Patterson on 01 Jan 11
       
      54% drop.
  • At Einstein, the problem became clear when teachers gave fifth graders a simple test. They told them to put down their pencils and estimate answers to simple questions, different ones than they were used to.
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      Rebecca Patterson on 01 Jan 11
       
      Ahh, estimating!!!
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  • The kids were so wedded to formulas that they couldn't step back and reason through a problem without them.
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      Rebecca Patterson on 01 Jan 11
       
      Rules-based
  • Mathematicians call it a lack of number sense, an intuitive feel for numbers and how they relate to each other.
  • To get kids thinking more deeply about math, Einstein started using new math textbooks this year. Instead of teaching students a new algorithm and drilling them on it in problem after problem, it poses open questions that can be solved multiple ways. That forces kids to figure out what strategies fit a problem, instead of just mechanically following steps.
  • "Now there are fewer problems — but they really have to think."
  • Einstein isn't the only school taking algebra on earlier. San Diego Unified is also changing its elementary school curriculum to ease younger kids into algebraic reasoning. Thousands of teachers have been trained in the new methods, which link algebra to every grade.
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      Rebecca Patterson on 01 Jan 11
       
      Algebra prep in elementary school.
Rebecca Patterson

SkillsTutor Aligns Math Facts Fluency Program with Common Core Standards -- THE Journal - 1 views

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math facts

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  • Introduced last week in its updated form at the FETC 2011 conference in Orlando, FL, the program, Math Fact Fluency, is an all-digital, Internet-based curriculum focused on the fundamentals of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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