1 Math CAMPPP 2011 Algebraic Thinking Session #4 Kempenfelt Working with Struggling Students CLIPS

Algebraic Thinking ~Session #4 Learning Goals: Reflect on the research identified, effective features of CLIPS Explore CLIPS tools/activities as a possible tool for working with struggling students 22

Minds On: Inside/Outside Circle Getting Ready: Think about a specific struggling student. Which features of CLIPS might be most effective with this student? Focusing Attention Interaction with Dynamic Representations to Construct Understanding Multiple opportunities for practice Modelling with Representative examples Immediate levelled corrective feedback 3

Minds On: Inside/Outside Circle 4

Action: Exploring Different Representations Tool To access CLIPS a) orwww.mathclips.ca b) Math Camppp memory stick Copy the CLIPS folder to your desktop. CLICK on index.html to start up CLIPS. Allow ActiveX controls if warning message appears. 5

Action: Exploring Different Representations Tool Click on the icon on the right hand side to access the CLIPS tools. If flash warning comes up, click on Settings and add the location of the CLIPS folder to your trusted location settings. 6

Action: Parallel Task Task A:Task B: *Task C: Select one of the Integer CLIPS tools. Model an operation question using this tool. Eg Explore some of the CLIPS activities Try: Representations of Linear Growing Patterns or Periodic & Sine Functions 7 *To explore these tools, which are still in development mode, you will need to open the file “CLIPS_ToolsDevPod.swf” found in the Tools folder, inside the CLIPS folder from your memory stick. Try modelling the same question using a different tool.

Consolidate: Reflection How might you use the dynamic CLIPS tools and/or activities with your students? How might you incorporate some of the “features” of CLIPS into your instructional practice? Features: focussing attention, dynamic representations, multiple opportunities for practice, modelling with representative examples, immediate levelled corrective feedback 8

Tying it All Together 9 Highlight of the week: What resonates with you? What affirmed you? What new idea struck you? Challenge of the week: What are you puzzling over? What are you pondering? What question do you still have?

Tying it All Together 10 1.Connect your light bulb/ puzzle piece to one of the topics 2.String a couple of ideas together.

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