Context Clues MCA-II I.B.2 Students will analyze word structure and use context clues to understand new words. I.B.3 Students will recognize and interpret words with multiple meanings. Only as a part of the introductory statement
MCA-II Sample Question
Context Clues MCA-III Only as a part of the introductory statement
MCA-III Sample Question
MCA-II Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions
MCA-II Sample Question
MCA-III Making Inferences
MCA-III Sample Question
MCA-II
MCA-II Sample Question
MCA-III
MCA-III Sample Question
MCA-II: Cause-Effect
Compare/Contrast MCA-II
MCA-III: Cause-Effect
Compare/Contrast MCA-III
MCA-III Math Sample Items: How deeply/differently are students being asked to think on MCA-III? Is it different than our instructional resources? How can we “tweak” or enhance our instructional resources to promote deeper thinking?
Promoting Complex Thinking While mg + mh = m(g + h) is different from many math textbooks, we can open up thinking even more: mg + mh = Write as many statements as you can that are different from and equal to mg + mh. Identify the property that is used for each one.
Math Sample Question Which way do we need to work our thinking?
Promoting Complex Thinking Or . . . Write a statement to illustrate each property listed below: Associative Commutative Distributive Identity
Geometric vs. Arithmetic Sequences Geometric vs. Arithmetic
Interpreting Charts/Data
Interpreting Charts/Data In our classes (math, business, social studies, science, technology, industrial tech, FACS, English, phy. ed., health, ) are students: Gathering their own data through surveys, observation, research, etc.? Analyzing and Interpreting data? Plotting their data or provided data using various charts and graphs to examine differences in what various charts/graphs can tell us (and which are most appropriate for the context)?