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Georgia Performance Standards: A leader among integrated mathematics curricula aligned with NCTM Standards

Georgia Performance Standards: A leader among integrated mathematics curricula aligned with NCTM Standards. Presented by: Laine Bradshaw Ph.D. student in the REMS program at UGA. Overview. Why did Georgia need new standards? Who wrote the new standards? How were they developed?

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Georgia Performance Standards: A leader among integrated mathematics curricula aligned with NCTM Standards

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  1. Georgia Performance Standards: A leader among integrated mathematics curricula aligned with NCTM Standards Presented by: Laine Bradshaw Ph.D. student in the REMS program at UGA

  2. Overview • Why did Georgia need new standards? • Who wrote the new standards? How were they developed? • How do the new standards differ from the QCC’s? • What is a task? • How can I find out more about GPS? (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  3. Attitudes at the State Level • As a teacher, Superintendent Kathy Cox understands the efforts of the new curriculum. • Amazing leadership from the Math Program Manager, Claire Pierce and Math Specialist, Janet Davis. • Hardworking, optimistic, student and teacher focused. Claire Pierce (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  4. Georgia’s Student Achievement in Math Percent Passing CRCT (5th & 8th) or E-GHSGT (11th) (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  5. Georgia’s Student Achievement in Mathematics (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  6. TOP 5 SCORES Finland: 544 South Korea: 542 Netherlands: 538 Japan: 534 Canada: 533 INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE: 500 UNITED STATES Average Score: 483 24th out of 30 countries Well below International Average International Student Achievement in Mathematics Program for International Student Assessment (Mathematics) (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  7. Who wrote the Standards? State and national leaders in math education, teachers, higher education faculty. UGA Panel and Committee Members: Expert Advisory Panel: Dr. Kilpatrick High School Advisory Committee: Dr. Franklin, Dr. Findell, Dr. Kilpatrick K-12 Advisory Committee: Dr. Findell, Dr. Franklin, Dr. Kilpatrick, Dr. Mewborn (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  8. Georgia Performance Standards CONTENT: Numbers and Operations Measurement Geometry Data Analysis & Probability Algebra PROCESS: Connections Multiple Representations Communication Problem Solving Reasoning and Proof (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  9. Frameworks • Include: • Curriculum Maps – divided into units • Concept Maps • Unit information – Overview, Enduring Understandings, Essential Questions, Key Standards addressed, Related Standards, Concepts/Skills to maintain, Selected Terms and Symbols, Evidence of Learning, Strategies for teaching and learning, TASKS. • Possible student solutions with commentary. • Parent letters (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  10. What does a "task" look like? (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  11. Characteristics of GPS • Adopted characteristics from Japanese curriculum: • Fewer topics at each grade level. • More rigor and depth. • Integrated curriculum. • Clear, focused path to college mathematics (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  12. Characteristics of GPS • Balance between concepts, skills, and problem solving emphasizing understanding and relevance. • Four R’s: Rigor • Relevance • Relationships • Reasoning • A ladder, not a spiral. (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  13. A Ladder, Not a Spiral • Another Climbing the Ladder Example: • 7th – Define and operate with absolute value • 8th – Solve absolute value equations and inequalities • Mathematics 1 – Examine the absolute value function • Mathematics 2 – Explore the absolute value as a piecewise function (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  14. What does a standards-based classroom look like? (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  15. More and Less In a Standards-based Classroom • MORE experiential, inductive, hands-on learning • MORE active learning with all the attendant noise of students doing, talking, and collaborating • MORE in-depth study of a smaller number of topics • MORE responsibility transferred to students for their goal-setting, record-keeping, monitoring, evaluation, and academic work (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  16. Less More and In a Standards-based Classroom • LESSwhole-class teacher-directed instruction • LESSstudent passivity, sitting, listening, and receiving • LESS emphasis by teachers to cover large amounts of material • LESSrote memorization of facts and details • LESSfocus on competition and grades (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  17. High School Course Chart (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  18. GPS Mathematics Rollout (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  19. Resources for you! Not everyone will be a research mathematician, but everyone needs to be a resourceful mathematician. Jere Confrey • 1. www.georgiastandards.org • K-12 Mathematics Curriculum • Instructional Frameworks (Concept maps, tasks, parent letters, student work, commentary, etc.) • Training Materials • Videos and Webcasts of Standards-based Classroom • GPS Mathematics Toolkit • 2. Books used in training. • 3. UGA professors who have played an integral part of developing and implementing the curriculum. (c) 2007 brainybetty.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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