FIN Commons- Why the Strengthening Student Success Conference Leads from Inquiry to Action
- FIN Team Regional Meet-Ups
- The Case for Acceleration in Developmental English and Math
- The Space In Between– What’s Love Got to Do With It?
- Umoja VI: Students Teaching and Teachers Learning
- Think Aloud Videos of Art Course Students
- Parachutes and Ladders IX: Faculty Inquiry and Student Learning
- Student Co-Inquirers and the Observation Protocol
- Intersecting Literacies: What Happened At the Working Conference
- CTE EVENT–May 7, 2010
Tag Archives: math
Faculty Inquiry Groups
Yu-Chung Chang (Pasadena), “No Longer Lost in Translation: How Yu-Chung Helps Her Students Understand (and Love) Word Problems” Yu-Chung says: I started a faculty Inquiry Group (FIG) to investigate why so many math faculty find Intermediate Algebra onerous to teach. … Continue reading
Student Outlines: From Question to Evidence
From Windows on Learning: Laura Graff, Dustin Culhan, and Felix Marhuenda-Donate, “Outlining Mathematics: Transforming Student Groaning into Student Learning” I have always thought a large problem in math and science education is reading. Students are never taught how to read … Continue reading
Posted in Developing Questions, Student Interviews, Video Evidence
Tagged expert learning, habits of mind, math, outlining, Reading
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Students Presentations as a Source of Evidence
Pat Wagener (Los Medanos): “Can Problem Solving Become a Habit of Mind” Pat Wagener says: Throughout the semester, my students were expected to present their solution of an application problem to the class. They were directed to make their knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in Performance assessment, Teaching Problem Solving, Uncategorized
Tagged basic skills, evidence, habits of mind, math
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Example: Looking at a Think Aloud
Jose thinks aloud: Click here to view this video of a student working through a math problem Pasadena City College. Think alouds are ways of getting a transparent glimpse of what students are thinking when they are trying to learn. … Continue reading
Posted in Think Alouds, Uncategorized, Video Evidence
Tagged habits of mind, math, Think Alouds
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Making Sense of Evidence
Once you have gathered evidence and data, it is sometimes a challenge to make sense of what you are seeing. Often, student learning evidence can add to complexity or confusion by giving you too much data; or it can be … Continue reading