COLLINS INSTITUTE
HOW DID YOU GET THAT? IMPROVING WRITTEN RESPONSES IN MATH
WITH A FOCUS ON THE COMMON CORE
(grades,
content, & length may vary by location)
For mathematics
teachers in grades 2 through 10, curriculum coordinators,
principals, supervisors, curriculum committee members, school-based
management team members and special educators.
Open response
questions require students to show or explain their answers and are
often the most difficult math problems for students to solve. They
also present a unique window into how students think about
mathematics. This workshop will look carefully at student work on
written response questions and help you diagnose underlying student
weaknesses that affect their understanding of mathematics and their
achievement level. Seven critical strategies that are sure to help
students produce complete and thorough answers in math will be
introduced.
Participants will
learn techniques to get every student involved in mathematical
thinking and show students how to take more responsibility for
learning. There will be a special emphasis on designing quick
assessments, improving mathematical vocabulary, computing, and
reading strategies for the math classroom. Participants will learn
how to use focused criteria to score open response answers and
create great math assignments. All examples will align with the new
state frameworks for math.
PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN
HOW TO . . .
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Boost scores without endless drill
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Engage and motivate students with
easy-to-use techniques that draw out and reinforce what they
already know
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Use writing to assess and build
metacognition
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Teach consistent reading strategies for
dissecting open response questions
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Analyze the most common state test
graphics and the questions that accompany them
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Identify vocabulary words that strengthen
open responses
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Understand, design and use questions that
align with the Math Frameworks
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Communicate the item specific rubrics used
to score answers
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Use the state DOE websites to understand
the text-structure of questions
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Watch or participate in a demonstration
lesson that engages all students
NOTE: A one
graduate credit option is available for our
two
day institutes through Endicott College in Beverly, MA,
at $50.
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