Personalizing The K-8 Math ExperienceIncrease Student Engagement & Achievement
Neal ManegoldProduct Manager | DreamBox [email protected] | @nealmanegold
DreamBox Learning K-8 Math
Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ Engine• Millions of personalized learning paths• Tailored to a student’s unique needs
Motivating Learning Environments• Student Directed, Empowering• Leverages Gaming Protocols
Rigorous Mathematics Curriculum
• Aligned to CCSS, TEKS, Virginia SOL, Canada WNCP, & Ontario Curriculum
• Built to achieve on Standards for Mathematical Practice
CCSS Standards For Mathematical Practice
CCSS Standards For Mathematical Practice Student Engagement
Engagement Is Empowerment
Learning is not accomplished by putting thoughts into a mind, but rather by empowering a mind to generate thoughts.
When children gain language fluency, every utterance is a hypothesis to be tested. Students engage in a constant feedback loop with those around them.
Why should learning Mathematics be any different?
How Can We Engage Students?
An understanding is a learner realization about the power of an idea.Understandings cannot be given; they have to be engineered so that learners see for themselves the power of an idea for making sense of things.
p. 113, Schooling by Design, Wiggins & McTighe, ©2007
Engagement Through Realization
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1 Ten=
10 Ones
Is This Student Engaged?
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Learner Realization
10
1/3 ÷ 5/7
=
1/3 x 7/5
Is This Student Empowered?
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Learner Realization
“Let me explain how a mathematician
thinks.”
“I’ve shown you the mathematical
structure, now go use it.”
Delivering Instruction
“As you independently solve this problem, you’ll
be thinking like a mathematician.”
“On your own, you’ll need to look for the structure, and then
you’ll use it.”
Engaging With Learning Experience
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• What incorrect answers would we expect on a problem like 67 + 26?83 Student does not regroup to the tens place813 Student adds columns from left to right6,726 Student combines both addends21 Student adds all as single digits41 Student believes this is a subtraction
problemA master teacher would respond differently to 83, 813, and 6,726.
Technology should, too.
Measuring Achievement
Achievement Through Modeling
Achievement Through Strategic Thinking
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Learning Environment Grades K - 2
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Learning Environment Grades 3 - 5
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Learning Environment Grades 6-8
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