The World ofExemplars and

Implications for SRBI

Sharon Keegan – Secondary Math Curriculum Specialist CREC Magnet Schools

Standards for Mathematical Practice1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving

them

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

4. Model with mathematics

5. Use appropriate tools strategically

6. Attend to precision

7. Look for and make use of structure

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

For each of the Common Core Mathematical Practices standards, only about one-third of

students reached the college- and career-ready level. (ACT)

Exemplars offer authentic, real world problems.

Allow differentiation in Tier 1

INSTRUCT EXPLORE DIAGNOSESELF ASSESSCOMMUNICATE

Exemplars can be used to...

An Exemplars task includes four parts

1. THE PROBLEM

It is large enough to make a transparencyor simply photocopy it to distribute to students.

2. TEACHER NOTES

Differentiated material (for Pre K–8), with a more challenging and a more accessible version and solution for each task.

3. RUBRICS

Task-specific rubric at four levels:Novice

Apprentice Practitioner

Expert

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4. ANCHOR PAPERS Annotated to focus on particular aspects

Provides modeling experiences

Used for student self- and peer- assessment

1. Give an Exemplars task to practice

2. Share the anchor papers

3. Discuss and critique them

4. Score them as a class

If a task is not going well do not use it as an assessment piece, but use it as an instructional tool, and solve it together.

GROUP BRAINSTORM

share ideas, strategies, & ask questions of each other

STUDENT TO STUDENT DIALOG !

Read the problemHighlight the important informationWhat do you know / need to find Plan your strategies Solve the problemDraw / write about your solution Check your answerShare a connection or observation

Examining Student Work in the Classroom

1. Sort the work into groups by performance: Novice, Apprentice, Practitioner or Expert

2. Describe what the work in each group has in common

What did you do to solve

this problem?

Are numbers important in solving

this problem? Why?

Did graphs help you to

solve the problem? Why?

Why was this

problem easy?

Would this problem be easier today than

yesterday? Why?

DISCUSSIONSTARTERS

(use task organizer)

Helping students become effective self-assessors has an enormous impact on student performance. Studies by Paul Black and Dylan William show that effective classroom assessment has a greater impact on student achievement than any other approach.