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Oregon Applied Academics Project Update

Oregon Applied Academics Project Update. Presentation to the State Board of Education, January 23, 2014 Laura Roach, Director Tom Thompson, Education Specialist Office of Learning - ISAA. Project Focus. Work collaboratively to develop a math course that… Starts with context

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Oregon Applied Academics Project Update

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  1. Oregon Applied Academics Project Update Presentation to the State Board of Education, January 23, 2014 Laura Roach, Director Tom Thompson, Education Specialist Office of Learning - ISAA Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  2. Project Focus • Work collaboratively to develop a math course that… • Starts with context • Addresses high school standards • Improves student attitude and performance Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  3. Project Design Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  4. Participating Schools • Bend HS • Churchill Alternative HS • Colton HS • Coquille HS • Crow HS • Estacada HS • Gladstone HS • Heppner Jr/Sr HS • Lebanon HS • Molalla HS • Toledo HS Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  5. Joint Effort • Oregon Department of Education – Oversight • National Research Center for Career and Technical Education – Research and Development • Lane County Education Service District – Data Collection and Professional Development Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  6. Development Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  7. Professional Collaboration Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  8. Systematic Approach • Introduce the real-world problem • Assess students’ pre-knowledge of math • Instruct math concepts/principles embedded in the problem • Reinforce instruction with related real-world examples • Present the math as it looks in traditional courses • Provide students authentic opportunities to demonstrate their ability to solve the problem. • Use traditional math assessments that address standards Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  9. Evaluation and Improvement Unit Development Lesson development Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  10. Implementation Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  11. Instructional Units • Manufacturing • Bridge • Staircase • Trusses • Electrical • Energy Transfer • Architecture • Animal House • Marketing A combination of Algebra and Geometry was situated in CTE-oriented units: Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  12. How would you use math to build this staircase? Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  13. Research Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  14. Student Measures • Pre- and post-testing of mathematics ability in tech math and comparison classrooms (Accuplacer) • Math Attitude Inventory (ATMI) • Demographic student surveys • Artifacts of student activities and accomplishments Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  15. Year 3 Findings • Significantly improved math attitudes over peers in comparison classrooms • Comparable math achievement to peers in comparison classrooms • Students with high pre-test scores improved over their peers in geometry classes Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  16. Student Feedback “I learned a lot now I will be able to help my dad build a house this summer” “ Math is starting to make sense to me” “Working in teams is a lot of fun someone always knows what to do.” Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  17. Teacher Measures • Pre- and post-PD teacher surveys • Online pre-unit reports from CTE partners • Lesson-by-lesson reports from the mathematics teachers • End-of year focus groups Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  18. The Teacher Experience… I was excited for this set of lessons because the students that I work with …traditionally don’t do well in school and need a hands-on component to make math relevant… I was hoping this would do it for them, and from what I see it works… Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  19. The Teacher Experience… “Am I in a math class or am I in a CTE class?” And so I found several times when it came time to … some of the rigor of math, [I said] “Okay, it’s a math day. Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

  20. Dissemination • National release – ACTE conference • Full report published • Publication in research journals • Connecting to state CCSS, CTE, and STEM work • Developing multiple professional development models Oregon Department of Education | January 2014

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