Presented by Heather Sparks, NBCT 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Improving Student Engagement In Mathematics: Strategies for All Learners Presented by Heather Sparks, NBCT 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year

Why are students disengaged? Lack of prior knowledge Missing foundational skills Limited experiences with “doing” real math “One right answer” approach “Permission” to be “bad” at math Others?

STRATEGIES: 1. Allow students to verbalize their thinking Every day, expect students to explain their thinking. Content example: Notice & Wonder Always, Sometimes, Never Sense & Nonsense Visual Patterns

Notice & Wonder

Sense & Nonsense Mr. Bragg says he’s right 100% of the time. The Garcia family ate out last Saturday. The bill was $46. They left a 50% tip. Ellen loaned Me’Shell one dollar. She said the interest would be 75% a day. Daniel missed 10 problems on his science test. He thinks he made an “A”. Rose has a paper route. She gets to keep 25% of whatever money she collects.

Always, Sometimes, Never With a partner, sort your equations into three columns: Equations that are ALWAYS TRUE, SOMETIMES TRUE, or NEVER TRUE. Be ready to explain your thinking.

Visual Patterns www.visualpatterns.org

STRATEGIES: 2. Provide for meaningful use of manipulatives Manipulatives should be available and integrated into relevant math lessons. Content example: Extend & Explain Patterns Desmos

Extend & Explain Patterns

Extend & Explain Patterns

DESMOS www.teachers.desmos.com

STRATEGIES: 3. Help students develop “bridge” tools Students should be taught specific strategies to improve memory and understanding Content example: Hey, Diddle Diddle OOO Cup Chant Sloping Letters

Hey, Diddle Diddle Hey, diddle diddle! The median’s the middle You add and divide for the mean. The mode is the one you see the most, And the range is the difference between.

OOO Cup Chant Paren- theses Ex- po- nents Multi ply, Divide clap clap Ex- po- nents tap tap tap (the top of the cup) Multi ply, Divide clap grab cup’s bottom, pick up and move cup right Add, Subtract clap grab cup with thumb side down Left to right, Bring open mouth of cup to left hand touch bottom of cup to table Order’s Transfer cup to left hand by grabbing the bottom of the cup on your side! Right hand slaps table Left hand crosses over & puts cup down

Sloping Letters H can be written in slopes as two undefined lines connected by a zero slope line. Can you solve the sloping letters mystery?

STRATEGIES: 4. Create “reference” resources Students should maintain a math journal to record and store math resources. Content example: Interactive Math Notebook Slope Dude

Interactive Notebooks Sarah Carter’s Blog: www.mathequalslove.blogspot.com

Slope Dude + -- U

STRATEGIES: 5. Constant exposure to meaningful math Every day, provide meaningful math investigations including tasks games puzzles stories

Where to Find Tasks www.illustrativemathematics.org   www.insidemathematics.org www.emergentmath.com/my-problem-based-curriculum-maps/ http://www4.uwm.edu/Org/mmp/_resources/HSpage.htm#HSCABS (Alg./Geo) www.mathedleadership.org/ccss/itp/index.html www.map.mathshell.org http://bit.ly/29Onkwa (Robert Kaplinsky’s Problem-Based Math Lessons) www.math.serpmedia.org (Poster problems for 6/7, Algebra by Example for 8/9) http://bit.ly/29TKvbl (Dan Meyer’s 3-Act Math Tasks) www.graphingstories.com www.101qs.com

Games Mission Impossible Smartboard Games

Puzzles Tarsia Puzzles Algebraic Balances Two-Ways What Doesn’t Belong? Estimate 180

Algebraic Balances

Two-Ways

Which One Doesn’t Belong?

Estimation 180

Stories

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