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5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus - Luba Vangelova - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 05 Mar 14
     
    Maria Droujkova article in the Atlantic. Great read!
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IIS: Section II: How the IMP Curriculum Is Different - 0 views

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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?
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PLOS ONE: Adolescents' Functional Numeracy Is Predicted by Their School Entry Number Sy... - 0 views

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  • The four most common strategies were counting fingers, verbal counting, retrieval (quickly stating an answer and describing they “just remembered”), and decomposition (describing that they solved the problem by decomposing one addend and successively adding these smaller sets to the other addend; e.g., 17+8 = 17+3+5).
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      Rebecca Patterson on 27 Sep 13
       
      The missing link is subQuan. We haven't discovered it because no one was looking for it. The wait is over!
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Counting Challenge - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 06 Sep 13
     
    Give it a try!
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Math tests and rice paddies :: squareCircleZ - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 06 Sep 13
     
    Great article comparing the ease of the Chinese language in teaching their children to count.
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Subitizing - Numerical cognition lab - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 06 Sep 13
     
    Great slide show with references.
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Southeast and Texas Comprehensive Centers at SEDL - COMMON CORE VIDEOS - 0 views

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  • Support Videos for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
  • Rebecca Patterson on 11 May 12
     
    Standards videos
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Playing to Learn Math? by Maria Andersen on Prezi - 1 views

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 23 Dec 11
     
    Great Prezi on math and games.....patterns and the brain.
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Education Week: Common-Core Math Standards Don't Add Up - 0 views

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  • “Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution.”
  • “Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Mathematically proficient students make sense of quantities and their relationships in problem situations.”
  • “Use appropriate tools strategically. Mathematically proficient students consider the available tools when solving a mathematical problem.”
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  • “Model with mathematics. Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.”
  • “Attend to precision. Mathematically proficient students try to communicate precisely to others. They try to use clear definitions in discussion with others and in their own reasoning.”
  • “Look for and make use of structure. Mathematically proficient students look closely to discern a pattern or structure,” and “Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. Mathematically proficient students notice if calculations are repeated, and look both for general methods and shortcuts.”
  • Missing entirely from the practice standards is a discussion of how to pose problems, and, more generally, how to ask powerful questions. This is a telling oversight. Unlike in school, real problems are not served up on a platter, fully formed. The standards-writers overlooked the most basic fact of people with genuine math expertise: They find problems!
  • Is it too late to change this? I hope not. Solving our problem of poor mathematics education depends upon it.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 01 Oct 11
     
    Interesting opinion piece about how the new standards in math miss the mark.
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Panamath - 0 views

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  • Panamath measures your number sense and approximate number system (ANS) aptitude. Recent research has demonstrated a relationship between performance on this test and basic mathematical ability. Through a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, we have made this test publicly available free of charge so that researchers can use it in their studies, educators can assess their students, and anyone of any age can test themselves.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 18 Sep 11
     
    Gotta try this test even if to just check out the layout. 6 milliseconds per picture and all the initial research questions to answer. I took the online version rather than downloading. Very cool!
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Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day… - The Best MATH Sites That Students Can... - 0 views

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  • Ten Marks is one that focuses on math. A colleague of mine really liked it, although I have not registered my own students before. Another for both ELA & math assessments is Easy CBM.
  • Sokikom.com has a free component for number sense- fractions/decimals/prevents – that is very well developed, adaptive, and includes video tutorials. My students love it! They also have several components that one could pay to add on.
  • One site that I’ve found to be quite beneficial is ThatQuiz.org. Toying around has found quite a variety of items to introduce and review with the students, and it catalogs quite a bit of data, making it easy to pinpoint individual problems, as well as class issues with specific math concepts.
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  • In the past I have used Tutpop to register a whole class and track the progress they make with math through games played with each other as well as students from around the world! There are different levels, but it is aimed at elementary. I can’t remember who first told me about this site, but I like it.
  • I love xtramath.org. It is a free site that helps kids master their math facts. Initially, the student takes an assessment quiz of what they already have mastered as indicated by a response of 3 seconds or less. Each consecutive session is based on the outcome of the previous assessments. It takes about 5 minutes a day, provides corrective feedback, visuals for goal setting, and can be used for the whole class or set up at home by a parent.
  • Study Ladder. It has impressive literacy, science and math interactives, and teachers can set-up “classrooms” to keep track of student work. Plus, it’s free!
  • If you found this post useful, you might want to explore the other 750 “The Best…” lists
  • Rebecca Patterson on 17 Sep 11
     
    Links galore!!!!
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Glean ComboCoin - Multiplication Learning and Teaching using coins - 0 views

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  • Rebecca Patterson on 17 Sep 11
     
    Cool coin combination tool.
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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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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!!
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Cisco, MIND Partner To Bring Math Program to Arizona Schools -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • The MIND Research Institute has received a $250,000 grant from the Cisco Foundation to provide its visual math education program, ST Math, to 4,000 students in Arizona.
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Assessment Consortium Releases Math Content Specifications - Curriculum Matters - Educa... - 0 views

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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?
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QR Codes in the Classroom -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • "What's wrong with the good old paper and pencil?" remains a common question in educational circles. My answer to that question is, "Nothing."
  • Rebecca Patterson on 03 Sep 11
     
    Cool links to programs for QR codes and good use of student owned mobile devices in the classroom.
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Closing the math skills gap and boosting achievement | News | eClassroom News - 0 views

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  • Sixth grade: Sixty-nine students, 1-2 hours a week, 45 percent passed. Of those who did not pass, four students gained more than a year’s progress in math on the TAKS test. Sevents grade: Twenty-six students 1-2 hours a week, 65 percent passed. Of those who did not pass, 3 students gained more than a year’s progress in math on the TAKS test. Eighth grade: Sixty students 1-2 hours a week, 63 percent passed. Of those who did not pass, 12 students gained more than a year’s progress in math on the TAKS test. After the second administration of the TAKS test, the total eighth grade pass rate rose from 74 percent to 86 percent. The only real difference was the use of Ascend Math for three weeks, where students worked six to nine hours a week before the second administration of the test. We had a few eighth grade students who have never passed a TAKS math in middle school or their entire academic lives until this year. We attribute this to the use of Ascend Math.
  • A major aspect was getting students to work on the program with fidelity. After meeting with students and parents, a rigorous schedule was implemented, along with automatic daily reminder phone calls and second calls to parents to inform them of the next day’s schedule. Students who missed a tutorial session are assigned a makeup day.
  • Parental buy in was important!
  • Rebecca Patterson on 03 Sep 11
     
    The Ascend program: intense focus software.
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Math Engagement Linked to Grasp of Concepts - ASCD Express 6.24 - 0 views

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  • After only a week of practice, my students had achieved these goals of recognizing and using the distributive property to create their own strategies. Furthermore, most students were mentally multiplying one-digit by two-digit numbers.
  • Rebecca Patterson on 03 Sep 11
     
    Great article on teaching the derivation of multiplication not the memorization! :-)
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