Graphing Calculators

Technology Use as a tool

Graphing Calculators http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_109_g_2_t_2.html?open=activities&from=topic_t_2.html

Computers Illuminations (illuminations.nctm.org) National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (nlvm.usu.edu) Thinkfinity (thinkfinity.org)

In your journal, describe two different applications and how they could be used in the classroom. Share your favorite with a peer.

Other tools Podcasts Wikis Gaming Jing

Calculators  Calculators can be used to develop concepts and enhance problem solving  Calculators may be used for drill  Calculators can improve attitudes and motivation  Calculators are commonly used in society

EQUITY

“Teaching for equity attempts to attain equal outcomes for all students by being sensitive to individual differences” (p. 93).

Response to Intervention (RTI)  Came from IDEA 2004  3 tiered instruction with “corresponding monitoring of results and outcomes” (p. 96)  Utah’s 3 Tiered Model of Mathematics Instruction Students with mild disabilities  explicit strategy instruction  should use multiple models  can use peer-assisted learning

Planning Before 1. Structure the environment 2. Identify potential barriers During 1. Provide clarity After 1. Consider alternative assessments 2. Emphasize practice and summary

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students “Integrate a standards-based curriculum with CLD strategies” (p. 102).

Strategies for ELLs  Write and state the content and language objectives  Build background  Encourage the use of native language  Use comprehensible input  Explicitly teach vocabulary  Plan cooperative/interdependent groups to support language  Create partnerships with families

Be aware of issues of gender equity

Mathematically gifted students Don’t  Give them more of the same task if they finish quickly  Just give them free time if they finish early  Always pair them with a less able student to help them Do  Provide opportunities for acceleration through curriculum compacting (vertical)  Create enrichment activities related to the math concepts (horizontal)  Increase the level of complexity or sophistication  Provide novel experiences