Middle Math
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Math Journal / Portfolio
portfolios post
- goals, requirements, scores, progress, charts, reflection, assessment - objective, subjective
- personal learning network - resources - videos, explanations, examples, self quizzes
For current grade level, testing, scores, areas of weakness
- step back, work on supporting material from "prior knowledge" for weak area
Learning paths
- series of "linked" tasks
- self-directed, goal, requirement
- ? IXL - games, videos, related resources
- extra credit for recommending new resources
baseline
- student identifies areas of weakness - hard, don't understand, love, easy, share resourcess "I learned from that"
- based on testing, assessment, teacher evaluations, observation
progress
- accomplishments - completed, testing, assessment
- interests - discovery, quest, peer teaching, math in everyday / games / sports / food
- Coherence Map shows the connections between Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
- Volusia Math curriculum map
Motivation
- assess current level ? like reading
- students know where the stand - easy access to math profile, guided next-steps
goals, expectations - more than just assignments, do this
motivation
- extrinsic - rewards, recognition
- intrinsic - self-directed, goals, interests, curiosity, needs / wants
- usefulness ? what's in this for me
generate interest, engagement
- kahoot > ?
try this
- survey / assess - broad spectrum - weakness, strengths in math background
- challenges
- self-directed
- games, puzzles
- tracking > sharing with student
resources
- online services, monitoring, reporting, student feedback
Resources
Algebra
- Simple equations - Introduction to basic algebraic equations of the form Ax=B
- Introduction to Ratios - What a ratio is. Simple ratio problems.
- Introduction to the quadratic equation - Introduction to using the quadratic equation to solve 2nd degree polynomials