The Progressive Science Initiative and Progressive Mathematics Initiative:

1. The Progressive Science Initiative and Progressive Mathematics Initiative: Increase Math and Science Understanding While Reducing Stress

2. Timothy Panebianco NJ Center for Teaching and Learning timothy.panebianco@gmail.com www.njctl.org

3. New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning Empowering Teachers …Leading Change www.njctl.org

4. The Role of a Teacher • Drive student achievement • Design curriculum • Plan lessons • Motivate students • Classroom management • Work with others • Assessment & Grading

5. Challenges • Not all teachers are curriculum developers • Scaffolding content • Aligning to the standards • Making it engaging • Articulating a scope and sequence • Embedding formative assessment • Time to develop

6. Challenges • Lesson Plans • Not based on student performance • Compliance focus • Motivating Students & Classroom Management • Keeping students entertained, feeling successful, but adequately challenged • Keeping students engaged and on task • Students want to talk to each other

7. Challenges • Working with Others (Teachers, Administrators, & Parents) • Common Planning Time • Common curriculum, but different scope and sequence • Administrators get lesson plans, not lessons • Parents and students at home don’t have access to the lessons • Student collaboration

8. Challenges • Working with Others (Teachers, Administrators, & Parents) • Common Planning Time • Common curriculum, but different scope and sequence • Administrators get lesson plans, not lessons • Parents and students at home don’t have access to the lessons • Student collaboration

9. Challenges • Assessment & Grading • Difficult to get daily data on each student • Matching the rigor or EOC tests • School grading schemas don’t correlate to EOC performance • Who is doing the homework?

10. Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) & Progressive Mathematics Initiative (PMI) • PSI developed to teach HS science • PSI then used to create HS science teachers • PMI uses PSI Methods to teach K-12 math • PMI will be used to create K-12 math teachers

11. Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) & Progressive Mathematics Initiative (PMI) • Developed in 1 NJ school: 1999 - present • Extended to 50+ NJ schools: 2007 – present • Extended to Argentina: 2010 - present • Extending to RI and CO: 2011

12. Teacher Training: New Jersey In last two years, we created about • 70 new physics teachers • 25 new chemistry teachers And trained in PSI-PMI Methods about • 200 currently certified math and science teachers

13. Teacher Training: New Jersey Those teachers taught, or are teaching • 10,000 students Physics • 500 students AP Physics B • 2500 students Chemistry • 150 students AP Chemistry • 4000 students mathematics

14. Teacher Training: Other States • Rhode Island • Pilot started with summer 2011 training of 4 teachers • Should start training new teachers, with local trainers, in July, 2012 • Colorado • Morgridge Family Foundation supporting implementations with training and technology

15. Argentina • 2011 Results • Spanish translations of physics and some math • Created 10 trainers • Created 25 new physics teachers • Trained 75 currently certified chemistry and math teachers • 2012 Plan • Spanish translations of Chemistry, AP Physics B, and more mathematics • Creating 20 new trainers and training 100 new teachers

16. Africa World Bank Mission to The Gambia in December • Proposal to pilot a Train the Trainers model • Scalable to all of The Gambia • Then, the African Union (600,000 schools)

17. PSI-PMI Methods • Curriculum • Pedagogy • Formative Assessment • Summative Assessment and Grading • Technology • Face-to-Face and Virtual PLCs

18. AP Performance and International Competitiveness 1995 TIMSS Results - Physics

19. AP Exams as a Goal • Provides a standard metric • Recognized by K-12, colleges & universities, students and parents • Correlated to international competitiveness • Gives students access to top colleges & universities, plus scholarships

20. CurriculumPSI Course Sequence: Grades 9 – 12 Algebra II Pre Calc

21. CurriculumPSI Course Sequence: Minimal Version

22. CurriculumTraditional Course Sequence

23. AP Science Exams Taken (2010 – Bergen Tech vs. Normed State) *AP Physics B exams taken 18x the state average

24. AP Science Exams Passed (2010 – Bergen Tech vs. Normed State) *AP Physics B exams passed 14x the state average

25. Pedagogy Social Constructivism Plus Direct Instruction

26. Pedagogy Social Constructivism • Round Tables • Group Problem Solving • Heterogeneous setting

27. Pedagogy All slides printed and provided to students ahead of time

28. Pedagogy Direct Instruction • Interactive White Board (IWB) Notebook presentation • Student Response Formative Assessment • Teacher as part of social group

29. Formative Assessment Student Responders Anonymous student polling during class to guide instruction

30. Direct Instruction Example: Direct Instruction - Adding Decimals

31. Direct Instruction Example: Direct Instruction - Adding Decimals

32. Formative Assessment

33. Formative Assessment

34. Summative Assessment • Grades based only on what students know and can do – Tests, quizzes and labs • Retakes for all assessments • Grades are not subjective • Correlated to End of Course Tests (APs, EOC Algebra I, Common Core, etc.)

35. AP Physics B Participation Rates

36. Learning Forward – National Report

37. Learning Forward – National Report “The New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning (NJCTL) has been doing groundbreaking professional development work in math and science instruction as well…using the innovative curriculum of 2006 New Jersey Teacher of the Year Robert Goodman…to create the Progressive Science Initiative….”

38. 2011 IMS Learning Impact Award The Progressive Science Initiative and the Progressive Mathematics Initiative: an effective new approach to student learning and teacher training – SMART Technologies and New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning

39. 2011 IMS Learning Impact Award

40. The Progressive Mathematics Initiative (PMI) PSI methods used to create PMI

41. Common Core Mathematics • Common Core adopted by 47 states • Current textbooks are not aligned to Common Core; they need to be replaced • But, textbooks themselves are becoming obsolete; districts don’t want to buy new ones • Free, highly effective, Common Core aligned course materials are critically important

42. PMI Mathematics CoursesFree for non-commercial use • Kindergarten Grade 8 • Grade 1 Grade 8 / Algebra I • Grade 2 Algebra I • Grade 3 Geometry • Grade 4 Algebra II / Trig • Grade 5 Pre-Calculus • Grade 6 AP Calculus A/B • Grade 7 College Algebra • Grade 7 - Accelerated

43. PSI Science CoursesFree for non-commercial use • Algebra-Based Physics • AP Physics B (trigonometry based) • AP Physics C: Mechanics (calculus based) • AP Physics C: E&M (calculus based) • Chemistry • AP Chemistry • Biology • AP Biology (being revised for new AP exam)

44. Free Digital Course Content • 25 Courses Posted • Most of K-12 Mathematics • College Algebra • Most of High School Science

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46. Free Digital Course Content • Everyone can see all the content, but the assessments, at www.njctl.org • Free registration for teachers to get access to all assessments

47. Free Digital Course Content • About 44,000 slides • 50+ writers • At 30 second per slide, it would take 360 hours to see them all • Growing rapidly

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