improving student engagement and mathematical understanding
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Improving Student Engagement and Mathematical Understanding
Suzette NielsonAmanda Tame
ECU 521
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Target Question
Can we improve student engagement and mathematical understanding through the use of varied instructional strategies and student reflection?
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Research
• Instructional Strategies:– Complex Instruction
• Structured groups• Group-worthy tasks• Assigned roles• Student responsibility• Group empathy• Teacher as facilitator instead of expert
• Student Reflection– Meta-cognition of learning process– Creating learning goals– Recognition of growth over time– Personal accountability
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Pre-Intervention Data
• Previous chapter test score• Overall grade• Student checklist of classroom
behavior• Teacher observations• Other Algebra 1 teachers’ comments• Current teaching practices
– Lack of group-worthy tasks– Lack of student reflection
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Examples of pre-intervention data
Teacher observation list of “Student C”
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Examples of pre-intervention data
Classroom behavior and attitude reflections
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Examples of pre-intervention data
Other teachers’ comments on shared students behavior and attitudes
• Student B:“Last year, even in the midst of a chaotic class, he
would sit up straight in his chair and tell me that he was listening.”
• Student C:“Last year, he couldn’t sit still in his seat and was
always disrupting other students.”“This year, after 2 months, he was kicked out of the
math support class.”
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Action Plan• Create:
– Group-worthy task – Rubric– Student self-assessment of group participation– Classroom behavior/attitude reflection– Task reflection of mathematical understanding
• Intervention Implementation:– Assign task– Timeline:
• 2 days: work on problem• 1 day: make poster• 1 day: presentations• 1 day: self-assessment and reflections• 1 day: summative assessment (chapter test)
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Post-Intervention Data
• Task grade by teacher• Self-assessment of group
participation• Classroom behavior/attitude
reflection• Task reflection of mathematical
understanding• Teacher observation• Chapter test• Cumulative grade
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Examples of post-intervention data
Poster – Student C
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Examples of post-intervention data
Poster – Student B
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Examples of post-intervention data
Poster – Student A
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Examples of post-intervention data
Classroom behavior and attitude reflections
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Examples of post-intervention data
Table of pre and post scores
Item Student A Student B Student C
PRE
Chapter 6 Test 88% 76% 57%
Overall Grade A (99%) B (85%) D (61%)
POST
Task score (teacher)
100% 92% 100%
Task participation (student)
100% 94% 81%
Chapter 7 Test 104% 93% 46% (DNF)
Overall Grade A (102%) B (88%) D+ (67%)
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Summary
• Question: Can we improve student engagement and mathematical understanding through the use of varied instructional strategies and student reflection?
• Answer: Yes.
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Next Steps…
• Further definition of roles within groups
• Clearer questions in checklist and task reflection
• Separation of pre and post assessments
• Student involvement in rubrics• Clearer expectations with regards to
poster presentation