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Ron King

Common Core Math Tools via NCTM - 0 views

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    Core Math Tools is a downloadable suite of interactive software tools for algebra and functions, geometry and trigonometry, and statistics and probability. The tools are appropriate for use with any high school mathematics curriculum and compatible with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in terms of content and mathematical practices. Java required.
Ron King

Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) - 0 views

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    Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) is an independent, non-partisan research center based at Stanford University, the University of California - Berkeley, and the University of Southern California. PACE seeks to define and sustain a long-term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to post-secondary education and training. PACE bridges the gap between research and policy, working with scholars from California's leading universities and with state and local policymakers to increase the impact of academic research on educational policy in California.
Troy Patterson

Some Common Alternative Conceptions (Misconceptions) - 0 views

  • Seasonal Change
  • Knowledge about the Earth
  • Path of blood flow in circulation
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  • Day/Night Cycle
  • Plants
  • Categories of Misconceptions (Erroneous Ideas) (See Pelaez, Boyd, Rojas, & Hoover, 2005)
  • Force and Motion of Objects
  • Gravity
  • Ontological Misconceptions
  • Other Misconceptions in Science 
  • Epistemological Misconceptions about the Domain of Science Itself (its objectives, methods, and purposes)
  • Mathematics
  • Money
  • Subtraction
  • Multiplication
  • Division
  • Negative Numbers
  • Fractions
  • Decimal/Place-Value
  • Overgeneralization of Conceptions Developed for "Whole Numbers" (cited in Williams & Ryan, 2000)
  • Algebra
  • Language Arts
  • Poetry
  • Language
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    American Psychological Association
Troy Patterson

Introduce Word Problems to Students Sooner, Studies Say - Education Week - 1 views

  • If Ms. Smith’s 8th grade algebra class works through 10 word problems in an hour, and Ms. Jones’ class works through 10 equation problems during the same time, which class is likely to learn more math concepts by the end of class?
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