1 / 25

Common Core Math Training

Common Core Math Training. June 17-21, 2013. Some Thoughts About Teaching and Learning Mathematics. Math Myths That Many of Our Students Believe. Boys are better at math than girls. Math requires logic, not intuition. Math is not creative.

kane-franks
Download Presentation

Common Core Math Training

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Common Core Math Training June 17-21, 2013

  2. Some Thoughts About Teaching and Learning Mathematics

  3. Math Myths That Many of Our Students Believe • Boys are better at math than girls. • Math requires logic, not intuition. • Math is not creative. • It is more important to get the right answer than to understand the problem. • It’s important to get the answer exactly right. • There is a best way to do math problems. • Some people are “math people” and others aren’t. • Mathematicians do problems quickly, in their heads. • Math requires you to memorize a lot of stuff. • Math is done by working intensely until the problem is solved.

  4. Math Myths Students Believe – Translated into Teenage Thought • Boys are better at math than girls. • Math requires logic, not intuition. • Math is not creative. • It is more important to get the right answer than to understand the problem. • It’s important to get the answer exactly right. • I’m a girl, so I can’t be good at math. It wouldn’t be “cool”. • I’m not Spock or a nerd, so math isn’t for me. • Math is dry and boring!!! • Why do I have to show my work when the teacher only marks it right or wrong? • The calculator has nine decimal places, so I should write all of them down.

  5. Math Myths Students Believe – Translated into Teenage Thought • There is a best way to do math problems. • Some people are “math people” and others aren’t. • Mathematicians do problems quickly, in their heads. • Math requires you to memorize a lot of stuff. • Math is done by working intensely until the problem is solved. • I have to do it the teacher’s way or its wrong. • It’s okay to be “bad” at math. I come from a long line of non-math people – its just not in my genes! • If you can’t do math fast and in your head, you’re not smart at math. • I have this whole list of formulas that I have to know for the test – help!! • I’ve worked on this forever and I can’t figure it out. I must be stupid!

  6. Math Myths Students Believe – The Response If you don’t know how to refute these myths, then check out “Twelve Math Myths”: http://www.morton.edu/success_keys/12_Math_Myths.asp?nav_id=a0_7_1

  7. Common Teacher Beliefs Most teachers believe that . . . • Mathematics is essentially a vehicle to model the real world • Ability in mathematics is innate • More than one representation should be used in explaining a mathematical concept • Their subject area is highly sequential and static • Students should be grouped by prior academic achievement in order to get better benefits from instruction • Students learn in a passive manner from reacting to external forces rather than in an active manner as a producer of their own knowledge

  8. Teaching To The Analog Brain In The Digital World

  9. Stand and Deliver • I have heard of the Common Core State Standards and I have seen the document that contains them. • I have read the Standards for Mathematical Practice. • I have read (or at least skimmed) the Common Core Standards for the course I will be teaching (Math I, Math II, or Math III). • I have read parts of NCDPI’s unpacking of the Common Core Standards. • I have read all 93 pages of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

  10. Common Core Shifts

  11. My Thoughts on Shifts in Common Core

  12. Geometry Transformed • Rotations • Reflections • Translations • Dilations

  13. Probability & Statistics

  14. Modeling Number & Quantity Algebra Geometry Functions Statistics & Probability

  15. Proof • Formal vs. Informal • Proving Theorems vs. Proving Relationships

  16. Spiraling of Concepts

  17. Math Discourse

  18. Core Plus and Core Math Tools Stephanie Buckner, Buncombe County Schools

  19. CMAPP 2013-14

  20. Wrap-Up

  21. Reminders & Info • Sign in daily! – both AM and PM • Sign-up sheets for the Vertical Alignment sessions will be placed in the locker bay of the 2600 hall • See Christina for sub forms • Be nice to your presenters – they have been working hard to make this week purposeful & successful! • Parking Lot in each room for questions & issues that may arise • Thank Heritage folks for hosting whenever you get the opportunity • Friday afternoon PLT session will start in the Media Center

  22. Final Thought Common Core is not just a rearrangement of the same old content standards, but a serious endeavor to redefine the way we teach and learn mathematics in the United States. So it is a journey for us all – teachers, administrators, students, and parents. And as with any journey worth taking, it will take time. So be kind to yourself, and to your students.

More Related