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Rebecca Patterson

Change Magazine - May-June 2011 - 0 views

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  • The underlying principle is simple: Students learn math by doing math, not by listening to someone talk about doing math. Interactive computer software, personalized on-demand assistance, and mandatory student participation are the key elements of success.
  • What is critical is the pedagogy: eliminating lecture and using interactive computer software combined with personalized, on-demand assistance.
  • Students spend the bulk of their course time doing math problems rather than listening to someone talk about doing them.
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  • Students spend more time on things they don't understand and less time on things they have already mastered.
  • Students get assistance when they encounter problems.
  • Students are required to do math.
  • Lord Kelvin once made the observation, “If you can measure that of which you speak and express it in numbers, you know something about your subject; but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is of a very meager and unsatisfactory kind.” If he is correct, then our knowledge about how, and to what extent, the use of information technology in teaching and learning affects outcomes—both learning and cost—is meager indeed.
  • Hispanic students who were part of the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) historically had been unsuccessful in math courses. During the fall 2002 semester, however, students in the redesigned Intermediate Algebra course had an unprecedented 80 percent pass rate, compared to a prior 70 percent rate
  • SIX MODELS FOR COURSE REDESIGNSupplemental: Add to the current structure and/or change the contentReplacement: Blend face-to-face with online activitiesEmporium: Move all classes to a lab settingFully Online: Conduct all (or most) learning activities onlineBuffet: Mix and match according to student preferencesLinked Workshop: Replace developmental courses with just-in-time workshops http://www.theNCAT.org/PlanRes/R2R_ModCrsRed.htm
  • FIVE PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL COURSE REDESIGNRedesign the whole course.Encourage active learning.Provide students with individualized assistance.Build in ongoing assessment and prompt (automated) feedback.Ensure sufficient time on task and monitor student progress. http://www.theNCAT.org/PlanRes/R2R_PrinCR.htm
  • At Alabama, the success rate (grades of C– or better) for African-American freshmen in the redesigned course was substantially higher than for white freshmen, despite the fact that the African-American students were less prepared when they entered the course (on a math placement exam, 20 percent of Caucasian freshmen scored less than 200, versus 41 percent of African Americans). In fall 2000, 71.4 percent of African-American freshmen were successful, versus 51.8 percent of Caucasian freshmen; in fall 2001, it was 70 percent versus 65.3 percent.
  • Students learn math by doing math, not by listening to someone talk about doing math.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 15 Jul 11
     
    NCAT and how they're redesigning highered math remediation and more courses.
Rebecca Patterson

12 Ways To Be More Search Savvy | MindShift - 0 views

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  • there are ways to be even more efficient, more search-savvy. And it’s our responsibility to teach kids how to find and research information, how to judge its veracity, and when it’s time to ask for a grownup’s help.
  • CONFIRM CONTENT. It’s common to find the same phrases and sentences on different sites all over the Web because people duplicate content all the time. To determine the original source of the content, you can look at the date it was written, but that’s also not entirely accurate. When authors edit an article, that changes the posting date. So even if it was originally written in 2005, the date will say 2011 if it was edited last week. Again, here’s when you put on your journalist hat. Trustworthy websites typically have an “errata column” or something like it where mistakes or corrections are posted
  • KEEP IT SIMPLE. Use search terms the way you’d like to see them on a Web site.
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  • DEFINE OPERATOR. This has to be one of the best items of Google’s offerings. To learn the definition of a word, just type “Define,” then the word.
  • ONE MORE SEARCH. It’s one thing to do a quick search for Lady Gaga’s birthday. But for more important questions that have a direct implication on your life, do one more search. Go deeper and find a second corroborating source, just like a journalist would.
  • FIND THE SOURCE. Russell knows first-hand that Web sites can sometimes publish false information. Though we all know how to find contact information for an organization, confirm the phone number, look for the author’s names and trustworthy hallmarks like logos,
  • FUNCTIONS GALORE. You can use Google to do calculations (just type in “Square root of 99″ or “Convert 12 inches to mm”). You can search patents, images, videos, language translations. And even if you can’t remember a Google function, you can easily search it.
  • LINK OPERATOR. The way Google ranks sites can be confusing. Sometimes even when a site has negative comments or reviews, it still rises to the top of the search list simply because it’s been mentioned the most. When you want to know what other sites are saying about the site you’re searching, type in “Link: www.yourwebsitename.com” and you’ll see all the posts that mention that site.
  • DON’T USE THE + SIGN. It might have negative side effects, Russell says. Adding the + sign will force the search engine to look for only that phrase and may tweak the search in a way you didn’t intend. That said, it’s a useful tool for looking up foreign words or very low-frequency words.
  • PAY ATTENTION TO “GOOGLE INSTANT.” In most cases, Google’s instant search function, which is fairly new, will accurately predict what you’re searching for and offer suggestions.
  • SWITCH ON SAFETY MODE. If you’ve got kids in the house, Russell suggests enabling safe search. In your Search Settings, scroll down to SafeSearch Filtering (or use Control F to find it quickly!) and choose what level filter you want to use. You can tailor it to every computer in the house. Google offers all kinds of safe search tips and functions on Google’s Family Safety Center.
  • CONTROL F. A deceptively simple tool, the Control F function (or Command F on Macs) allows you to immediately find the word you’re looking for on a page. After you’ve typed in your search, you can jump directly to the word or phrase in the search list.
  • LEFT-HAND SIDE TOOLS. Most people don’t notice these exist, but when you search a topic, a list of useful, interesting tools come up. For example, when you type in War of 1812, on the left hand side, you’ll see “Images,” “Videos,” etc., but below that you’ll see things like “Timeline,” which maps out a time sequence of events around the War of 1812 and links to each of those events. There’s also a dictionary, related searches, and a slew of other helpful links.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 08 Sep 11
     
    Not mathy...just really good information!!
Rebecca Patterson

Counting Challenge - 0 views

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    Give it a try!
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Jiang Xueqin: The Test Chinese Schools Still Fail - WSJ.com - 0 views

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  • The failings of a rote-memorization system are well-known: lack of social and practical skills, absence of self-discipline and imagination, loss of curiosity and passion for learning.
  • According to research on education, using tests to structure schooling is a mistake.
  • Students lose their innate inquisitiveness and imagination, and become insecure and amoral in the pursuit of high scores.
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  • Tests are less relevant to concrete life and work skills than the ability to write a coherent essay, which requires being able to identify a problem, break it down to its constituent parts, analyze it from multiple angles and assemble a solution in a succinct manner to communicate across cultures and time.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 05 Jan 11
     
    Chinese and the effects of rote-memorization.
Rebecca Patterson

Teachers turn learning upside down | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews.com - 0 views

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  • This new teaching and learning style, often called “flipped” or “inverted” learning, makes the students the focus of the class, not the teacher, by having students watch a lecture at home and then apply the lesson with the teacher in the classroom.
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      Concepts still haven't changed.
  • they should be able to leave my class knowing how to question, research, and test scientific claims regardless of what they choose to do afterwards
  • At the same time, I also feel that those students who do excel in STEM fields need to have classes that push them and challenge them with real-world problems, and not just memorized facts from a textbook.”
  • Rebecca Patterson on 06 Jan 11
     
    Turning the tables: lecture at home > practice at school.
Rebecca Patterson

E-rate Goes Mobile - 0 views

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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.
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