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Math teacher Janie MacIntyre used her McAuliffe funds to see whether her success with Thinking
Maps could be replicated throughout Rocky Mount, NC. MacIntyre, who teaches low-performing eighth-graders, saw her students make the biggest gains in
the school.
USA TODAY March 4, 2002
“Teachers Make the Utmost of McAuliffe Funds”
JANIE MACINTYRE
2001 ALL-USA TEACHER FIRST TEAM
Using teacher logs of their Thinking Map use and videotapes of their teaching, MacIntyre found that the more the teachers used the maps, the
better their students did on the EOG’s. Overall, developmental growth for low-performing
students quadrupled.
USA TODAY March 4, 2002
“Teachers Make the Utmost of McAuliffe Funds”
JANIE MACINTYRE
2001 ALL-USA TEACHER FIRST TEAM
“Quantifying what works is a big step in improving the teaching profession and
improving instruction for all students, she says. In academia, “If you don’t document it, it
didn’t happen.”
USA TODAY March 4, 2002
“Teachers Make the Utmost of McAuliffe Funds”
JANIE MACINTYRE
2001 ALL-USA TEACHER FIRST TEAM
Why we
study Math in School?
“Because it’s hard and we have to learn hard things at school. We learn easy stuff at home like
manners.”
“Because it’s important. It’s a
law from President Clinton and it says so in the Bible on the first page.”
“Because what would you do with your check from work when you
grow up?.”
“Because it always comes
after Reading.”
“Because you have to count if you want to be an astronaut. Like 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . . Blast
off!.”
K-3 Students
Why we
study Math in School?
“Because you could never find the right
page.”
“Because when you
grow up you couldn’t tell if you are rich or
not.”
“Because my teacher could get sued if we don’t, that’s what she
said. Any subject we don’t know - WHAM! She gets sued. And she
is already poor.
K-3 Students
Understanding Relationships
Bridge Map
Double Bubble Map
Understanding Processes
Flow Map
Multi-flow Map
Understanding Concepts
Circle Map
Brace Map
Bubble Map
Tree Map
MATH AND THINKING MAPS
2. Which of these figures has a circle for one of its faces?
A. cone
B. pyramid
C. cube
D. rectangular prism
EOG GRADE 3
2. Which of the following sets of numbers is in order from least to greatest?
A. 651, 649, 621, 599
B. 599, 621, 651, 649
C. 599, 649, 621, 651
D. 599, 621, 640, 651
EOG GRADE 3
Tree Map
Algebra
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