Accelerating Math Achievement ~Teacher Expectancies~ Bill Hanlon

Answering the Question: What are you doing to help my child learn?

Rules in Mathematics Don’t make sense!

Good News! Teachers are already employing many of the best practices needed to increase student achievement.

Components of an Effective Lesson Before presenting a lesson, refer to the assessment blueprint for the unit. Introduction Daily Reviews Daily Objective Concept and Skill Development and Application Guided / Independent / Group Practice Homework Assignments Closure Long-Term Memory Review

Build on Strengths

What’s needed? Refinement & Reinforcement of those practices.

Quiet Conversions

Best Practices Relentlessly supporting best practices will eventually crowd out poor instructional strategies.

Leadership Lead by demonstrating success in classrooms where teachers will modify their instruction to increase student achievement.

Overview of Professional Development Increase student achievement by addressing: Content Instruction Assessment Two premises: 1.Testing drives instruction. 2.Teachers make a difference; teachers working together make a greater difference. Two standards: Common sense My kid

Build Trust & Confidence Students will work for teachers for no other reason than loyalty. Law of Reciprocity

Structures that support increased student achievement Components of an Effective Lesson Teacher Expectancies Backward Assessment Model (BAM)

Increasing Student Achievement No simple answer- what works is work

It’s about you!!! You cannot and should not depend on products, programs or services to address the needs of your student population, close the achievement gap or increase student achievement.

Actions follow beliefs 10 simple 2-letter words

If it is to be, it is up to me

2 Standards My Kid Common Sense

My Kid Standard Treat the kids in your school or classroom the same way you want your own kids treated.

Common Sense Standard Appeal to teachers common sense and experience, do not get into a citation battle.

Learning Students learn best when they are given feedback on their performance and praised for doing things well

Student-Teacher Relationships 1.Treat your students the way you want your own children treated. 2.Build success on success. 3.Talk to your students. Be friendly. 4.Talk positively to your students about their opportunity to be successful. 5.Call home early with information and good news. 6.Make testing as much a reflection of your instruction as their studying. 7.Teach your students how to study effectively and efficiently (visual, audio, kinesthetic, concentration time). 8.Tell them you like them. 9.Go over expectations explicitly and give examples. 10.Build trust, make sure they know you are there for them by telling them you are. 11.Tell them you want them to succeed. 12.Continually answer the question; “What am I doing to help my students learn?”

Success on Success –Teach students how to learn effectively and efficiently. auditory visual kinesthetic Concentration times

Expectation - Goals Being the best! What does it take to be the best? What are you willing to do?

Math Wars It’s not traditionalist vs. constructivist, students need to get the whole picture.

Balance Vocabulary & Notation Concept Development & Linkage Memorization of Important Facts & Procedure Applications Appropriate Use of Technology Balance in mathematics has been defined as: Balance should be reflected in assessments and in the delivery of instruction.

Vocabulary & Notation There is no more single important factor that affects student achievement than vocabulary and notation

Vocabulary Find the degree of 4x 2 y 3 x 5

Vocabulary Best Bet? –Bet A Probability of winning is 3/5 –Bet B Odds of winning 3 to 5

Language Acquisition Double meanings area volume operation power mean feet product

Content - Instruction What you teach affects student achievement How you teach it affects student achievement

Subtraction 5 – 115 – 68 – 814 – 6 13 – 59 – 215 – 97 – 1 14 – 516 – 94 – 410 – 4 6 –212 – 410 – 36 – 3

When will I ever use this? Pythagorean Theorem Parabola Circumference

Knowledge, Interest, & Enthusiasm

Use simple straight forward examples that clarify what you are teaching. Do not get bogged down in arithmetic.

Multiplication by 11 by 25

Concept Cards Concept Variation

Leading the department Leaders make sure all department members know what and how material is assessed and what a good answer looks like. Leaders make sure all members teach and assess the standards on high-stakes tests.

Different Ways to Measure the Same Standard

Finding Measures of Central Tendency 1.Find the mean of the following data: 78, 74, 81, 83, and In Ted’s class of thirty students, the average on the math exam was 80. Andrew’s class of twenty students had an average 90. What was the mean of the two classes combined? 3.Ted’s bowling scores last week were 85, 89, and 101. What score would he have to make on his next game to have a mean of 105?

Finding Measures of Central Tendency 4.One of your students was absent on the day of the test. The class average for the 24 students present was 75%. After the other student took the test, the mean increased to 76%. What was the last student’s score on the test? 5.Use the graph to find the mean.