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Broadening the scope of a Maths module for student Technology teachers Sue Milne, Sarah Honeychurch, Niall Barr Presented at Moodlemoot Edinburgh 2014 www.moodlemoot.ieTRANSCRIPT
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Broadening the scope of a Maths module for student Technology
teachers
Sue Milne, Sarah Honeychurch & Niall BarrUniversity of Glasgow
[email protected]@glasgow.ac.uk
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Maths Module
• For student Technology teachers
• Varied Maths background
• Used CALMAT software for 15 years
• Revision of Scottish Higher, sufficient for course
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Why rebuild this module? 1
• 10 topic tests
• Attendance mandatory until tests competed
• Race to finish!
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Why rebuild this module? 2
Low motivation:
• Done this already...
• Relevance to teaching?
• Relevance to Technology?
• Relevance to teaching Technology?
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Why rebuild this module? 3
Technology!
• CALMAT software is server based
• CALMAT now obsolescent/obsolete
– Only runs on old Windows machines
– Doesn’t run on phones, etc.
– Not available off-campus
• Can’t use it via Moodle
• Awkward administration
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Stage 1 - Ensuring access
• Moodle 2 course – News forum – Course info,...
• Topic format– Online resources linked from Moodle– Learning resources uploaded
• ...but what about assessment?• CALMAT has
– Mathematical input– Randomised maths expressions– Multi-part questions
• Can we replicate that?
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Stage 1 – Sustainable Assessment
Questions and tests rewritten
• Sustainable format QTI 2.1
• External Tools using LTI
• Formative assessment
– Single randomised questions
– Randomised Mock Tests
• Summative assessment
– Topic Tests with random parameters
• Results in gradebook – easy access for everyone
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Stage 2 – Motivation 1
Topics forum
• Intention:
– Discuss the hard bits
– Notify about bugs in questions (and the fixes)
• Reality:
– Bug log!
– “New features” messages
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Stage 2 – Motivation 2
Topics Wiki
• Intention:
– Contribute ideas
– Alternative explanations
– Examples in context
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Stage 2 – Motivation 2
Topics Wiki
• Reality – year 1:
– ...blank page effect!
• Reality – year 2:
– Topics “seeded”
– Groups assigned to topics
– Worthwhile contributions!
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Wiki Contributions 1
Fractions –alternative explanation of addition and subtraction
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Wiki Contributions 2
Powers -using links to external materials
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Wiki Contributions 3
Pythagoras – recognising background and applications
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Project
4 groups of 6 students
Relate Maths to
• Other course modules
• Teaching
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Project Outputs
• Presentation
• Resources –
– Shared with rest of class via Moodle forum
– For classroom use, out in schools
• …added to e-portfolio
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Stage 2 – Motivation 3
“Quirky Maths”
• Links to sites exploring aspects of Maths
– Related to design
– Humorous
– Unexpected applications
(Jim Connor)
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Mahara
Introduced at the start, linked within Moodle...
...used as wrap up at the end